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A family with dominant inheritance of a rare renal malformation is reported. The father and one son had left crossed fused ectopic and dysplastic kidneys and another son had a horseshoe kidney and vesicoureteral reflux. We discuss various potential pathogenetic mechanisms and propose that a defect in the timing of the proper reciprocal induction of the ureteric bud and the metanephric blastema is involved.
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Received: 30 June 2000 / Revised: 7 November 2000 / Accepted: 8 November 2000
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Rinat, C., Farkas, A. & Frishberg, Y. Familial inheritance of crossed fused renal ectopia. Pediatr Nephrol 16, 269–270 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670000540
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670000540