Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease

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  • Ashley S. Hafer
  • Richard M. Conran
چکیده

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.

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دوره 4  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2017