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Topic: Kidney Diseases


Anatomy/Physiology

- Kidneys and Urinary Tract - Nemours Foundation
- Your Kidneys and How They Work - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse

Children

- Growth Failure in Children with Kidney Disease - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Minimal Change Disease - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Overview of Kidney Diseases in Children - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Children with Chronic Kidney Disease: Tips for Par - National Kidney Foundation
- Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Ureterocele - American Urological Association
- Vesicoureteral Reflux - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse

Clinical Trials

- ClinicalTrials.gov: Kidney Diseases - National Institutes of Health
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Pyelonephritis - National Institutes of Health
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Polycystic Kidney Diseases - National Institutes of Health
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Nephritis - National Institutes of Health

Coping

- Coping Effectively: A Guide for Patients and Their - National Kidney Foundation

Diagnosis/Symptoms

- Ultrasound: Abdomen - American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- 10 Symptoms of Kidney Disease - Life Options Rehabilitation Program
- 24-Hour Urine Collection - National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center
- Albumin Test - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Cystoscopy and Ureteroscopy - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) - National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center
- Hematuria (Blood in the Urine) - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Microalbumin and Microalbumin/Creatinine Ratio - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Total Protein and Albumin/Globulin Ratio Test - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Kidney Biopsy - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Magnesium Test - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Calcium Test - American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Dictionaries/Glossaries

- Kidney Diseases Dictionary - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse

Directories

- Directory of Kidney and Urologic Diseases Organiza - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Find a Urologist - American Urological Association

Disease Management

- What You Can Do - Life Options Rehabilitation Program

Financial Issues

- Medicare for Children with Chronic Kidney Disease - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Genetics

- Genetics Home Reference: Alport syndrome - National Library of Medicine
- Genetics Home Reference: Polycystic kidney disease - National Library of Medicine
- Genetics Home Reference: Primary hyperoxaluria - National Library of Medicine

National Institutes of Health

- Protect Your Kidneys - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Kidney Disease Overview - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Kidney and Urologic Diseases - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse

Newsletters/Print Publications

- Renal Flash - American Association of Kidney Patients
- AAKP Kidney Beginnings: The Electronic Newsletter - American Association of Kidney Patients
- E-Kidney: Online Newsletter of the NKF - National Kidney Foundation

Nutrition

- High-Protein Diets: Are They Safe If You Have Live - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Reducing Phosphorus in Your Diet - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Vitamins and Minerals in Kidney Disease - National Kidney Foundation

Organizations

- American Urological Association -
- American Association of Kidney Patients -
- PKD Foundation -
- American Kidney Fund -
- National Kidney Foundation -
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K -

Overviews

- Kidney and Urinary Tract Function, Disorders, and - American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Prevention/Screening

- You Have the Power to Prevent Kidney Disease - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Rehabilitation/Recovery

- Working with Kidney Disease: Rehabilitation and Em - National Kidney Foundation

Related Issues

- Use of Herbal Supplements in Chronic Kidney Diseas - National Kidney Foundation
- Talking to Your Family about Kidney Disease - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Talking to Your Doctor about Kidney Disease - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Single Kidney - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Sexuality and Chronic Kidney Disease - National Kidney Foundation
- Risk Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease - Life Options Rehabilitation Program
- Analgesic Nephropathy (Painkillers and the Kidneys - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Anemia in Kidney Disease and Dialysis - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Angiotensin Receptor Blockers - American Heart Association
- Ectopic Kidneys - American Urological Association
- High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Kidney (Renal) Trauma - American Urological Association
- Kidney Failure and Cardiovascular Disease - American Heart Association
- Renal Osteodystrophy - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Proteinuria - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Kidney School - Life Options Rehabilitation Program
- Kidney Ptosis - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Chronic Kidney Disease: A Family Affair - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse

Research

- Traditional Risk Factors Better Than Emerging Risk - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Low Blood Pressure Target Prevented Kidney Failure - American College of Physicians
- Few Americans Are Aware They Have Chronic Kidney D - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Factors Associated with Acute Kidney Infections in - American College of Physicians
- Estimating Kidney Function in Healthy People - American College of Physicians
- Diagnosis of Renal Artery Stenosis - American College of Physicians

Specific Conditions

- Lupus Nephritis - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Medullary Sponge Kidney - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Kidney (Renal) Abscess - American Urological Association
- Ischemic Nephropathy - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- IgA Nephropathy - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Goodpasture's Syndrome - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Glomerular Diseases - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Amyloidosis and Kidney Disease - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Alport's Syndrome - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Multicystic Kidney Dysplasia - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Renal Tubular Acidosis - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Solitary Kidney - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Simple Kidney Cysts - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Shrinking Kidney - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Renovascular Conditions - Society for Vascular Surgery
- Renal Fusion (Horseshoe Kidney) - American Urological Association
- Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection) in Adults - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Polycystic Kidney Disease - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse

Statistics

- Kidney and Urologic Disease Statistics for the Uni - National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- FASTATS: Kidney Disease - National Center for Health Statistics

Teenagers

- Chronic Kidney Conditions - Nemours Foundation
- Kidneys and Urinary Tract - Nemours Foundation

Women

- Pregnancy and Kidney Disease - National Kidney Foundation

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