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What are some diseases where you need a kidney transplant?
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End stage kidney: Failure from polycystic kidney disease, bilateral reflux nephropathy, bilateral stone disease, end-stage pyelonephritis, end-stage glomerulonephritis, berger's disease, fabry's disease, bilateral kidney dysplasia, bilateral renal cell cancer or wilm's tumors in children.
Answered 2/4/2014
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