Genetic testing has become more frequently utilized in the work-up of patients with kidney disease including those with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cases detected at a young age.1 This is in part due to the greater availability from both commercial and academic laboratories, and improved cost that decreases barriers to testing. Typically, such testing also includes genetic counseling, which is beneficial for both the ordering provider and patients themselves. Patients developing kidney disease at a young age, a family history of kidney disease, cystic/anatomic abnormalities, and with extra-renal manifestations (e.g.
Sekulic et al. (Sun,) studied this question.