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Can you tell me about diseases where you would need a kidney transplant?
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With kidney failure: Many diseases progress to end-stage kidney disease/azotemia, needing kiney transplant.Can be caused by diabetes, hypertension,polycystic renal disease, end-stage glomerulonephritis, interstitial nephritis, pyelonephritis, Alport syndrome, severe bilateral hydronephrosis congenital or acquired from severe vesico-ureteral reflux or posterior urethral valves., traumatic loss of solitary kidney, Lupus
Answered 6/12/2014
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