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Structural anomalies of the kidneys or urinary tract may be found prenatally during pregnancy, when an ultrasound scan shows abnormal kidneys.

The high rate of kidney and urinary tract abnormalities means that everyone with a 17q12 microdeletion can expect to have a scan of their renal system and to be monitored regularly throughout childhood and adulthood.  In utero, the ultrasound revealed enlarged kidneys.

The ultrasound was repeated after birth and the kidneys looked better, but were still on the large side.

Due to the deletion, he has had subsequent ultrasound scans of his kidneys that were all normal.  4 years  She has regular blood tests, blood pressure checks and periodic ultrasound.

All HNF1B-MODY patients exhibited some degree of renal structural anomalies on ultrasound.

Cascade screening was offered to at-risk unaffected relatives of probands with pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants, though complete screening was not achieved in all families due to parental refusal.

Follow-up CK tested 12 days later was 375 U/L (reference range: 50-310 U/L), indicating this post-convulsive CK elevation was transient.

Proteinuria and hematuria occurred in 21.43% and 14.81% of patients, respectively; both resolved during follow-up.

Renal ultrasound abnormalities (renal atrophy, renal cyst, small kidney, duplex kidney) were found in 39.29% of patients, especially in those with HNF1B-related MODY.

Because discovery of the +C insertion required considerable labor and time, we sought to develop a simple and robust genotyping assay to enable larger population screening.

The identified mutation and the associated genotyping assay provide a screening tool for younger members of families in which MCKD1 has been previously diagnosed, as well as a diagnostic tool for sporadic cases.

Introduction The ability to acquire high resolution digital scans of entire microscopic slides with high-resolution whole slide scanners is transforming tissue biomarker and companion diagnostic discovery through digital image analytics, automation, quantitation and objective screening of tissue samples.