How to Use polycystic kidney disease in a Sentence

polycystic kidney disease

noun
  • Schmook, 56, has polycystic kidney disease and is on a transplant list.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland.com, 2019-07-29
  • Her polycystic kidney disease had kicked into high gear and her options had shrunk to two: dialysis or a transplant.
    — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 2017-12-26
  • Later he was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease and had two kidney transplants.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2021-06-15
  • The 75-year-old Maryland man was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease decades ago, causing his organs to fail over time.
    — Washington Post, 2021-03-12
  • Morgan Maeder, 33, learned from a newborn genome test that her daughter Clara was a carrier for polycystic kidney disease.
    — Soumya Karlamangla, latimes.com, 2018-04-22
  • For example, Lyons writes that the genetic illness polycystic kidney disease is prevalent in some cat breeds, and that the condition also occurs in humans.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2021-07-31
  • Early in adulthood, I was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease (PKD).
    — Brian Rozek, cleveland, 2019-10-10
  • Mike donated his kidney to his wife, Peggy, after hers began to fail as a result of polycystic kidney disease (PKD).
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2019-12-30
  • Our team is evaluating the kidney-on-a-chip as a tool to personalize drug selection and dosing in people with kidney cancer, polycystic kidney disease and chronic kidney disease.
    — Smithsonian, 2018-05-31
  • Newman, who is 38, has polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a genetic disorder that took the lives of his grandmother and great-grandmother.
    — courant.com, 2020-12-31
  • Doctors pinned it on polycystic kidney disease, or PKD, a genetic illness that causes many cysts to develop inside the kidneys and disrupt normal functioning.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 2022-05-02
  • Whether due to a genetic disorder like polycystic kidney disease or the result of damage from diabetes and high blood pressure, a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease means that the kidneys struggle to filter waste and extra water from the blood.
    — Carrie Arnold, Quartz, 2020-12-15

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