2. kidney damage seen in PKD is actually the result of the body's immune system Middle age or infancy Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), first reported in 1967, is an inherited disease in Persian and Persian-cross cats The first was located in 1985 on chromosome 16 for humans found primarily in the kidney but they can also affect other organs, including the liver, pancreas, spleen and ovary

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