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What is the normal kidney volume(TKV) ? How can we know the ADPKD progression using kidney volume?

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What would be the normal kidney volume in [cc]? How can we know the progression of pkd with kidney volume? What volume shows the severe effects of pkdI was on tolvaptan for last 4 years and it does not seem to help much, but my doctor wanted to continue tolvaptan for another year

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