Columbia University - College of Physicians and Surgeons
Eligibility
Individuals of all ages, ethnicities, and stages of chronic kidney disease are eligible to participate in our genetic studies. The POLYGENES network prioritizes recruitment of patients carrying the following diagnoses:
Glomerular Disorders (require kidney biopsy except for Henoch-Schönlein Purpura)
- IgA nephropathy
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura (with and without nephritis)
- Membranous Nephropathy
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Minimal Change Disease
- C3 Glomerulonephropathy
- Other forms of glomerular disease with positive family history
Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT)
- Renal agenesis, unilateral or bilateral
- Renal hypoplasia, unilateral or bilateral
- Renal dysplasia, unilateral or bilateral
- Multicystic dysplastic kidney, unilateral or bilateral
- Doubled kidney, ureter, pelvis or entire collecting system
- Horseshoe kidney and ectopic kidney
- Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO)
- Vesico-ureteral reflux (VUR)
- Posterior urethral valves (PUV)
- Hypospadias and epispadias
- Other syndromic and familial forms of CAKUT
