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Would you recommend genetic testing to determine if there is a potential underlying primary process in a patient with congenital solitary kidney who is presumed to have secondary FSGS?

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Would you do genetic testing in an adult found with congenital solitary kidney found to have secondary FSGS to determine if there is a syndrome and to determine hereditary risk?

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
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I do recommend genetic testing more frequently especially at our institution in which the cost to the patient is minimal to none. I would imagine very rarely one finds a positive genetic test result but one never knows what we find until we do the testing.

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