Topic 5

CAKUT (Connatal Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract)

This topic was presented for the Year Level 4 Medical Students of the UP College of Medicine, Manila, 2007-2008

Number of pages: 53

By: Francisco E. Anacleto

This topic answers the following questions on

• Embryology of the kidney

• Embryology of the urinary tract

• Different congenital anomalies of the kidney
• Different congenital anomalies of the urinary tract
• Correlation of abnormal ontogeny of the kidney and urinary tract with the phenotypic presentation
• Genetic basis of nephrogenesis
• Genetic basis of urinary tract development

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