Alternative titles and symbols : Medullary cystic kidney disease 2, autosomal dominant; ADMCKD2;
Description : Medullary cystic kidney disease (MCKD) is an autosomal dominant form of tubulointerstitial
nephropathy characterized by formation of renal cysts at the corticomedullary junction.
It is characterized by adult onset of impaired renal function and salt wasting resulting
in end-stage renal failure by the sixth decade (Wolf et al., 2004). For a general
phenotypic description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of medullary cystic
kidney disease, see MCKD1 (174000).;