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Genetic and environmental risk factors for intracranial aneurysm and subarachnoid haemorrhage among patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

Preprint C Not peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This study looked at what raises the risk of a bulge in a brain blood vessel (an aneurysm) and its bursting in people with polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), an inherited disease that fills the kidneys with cysts. It weighed both gene changes and lifestyle factors. Because it only watches patients, it points to links, not proof, and it is a preprint that other scientists have not yet checked.

Source

Preprint · medRxiv nephrology preprints · 2026-08-10
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.07.26359892v1?rss=1