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	Dr. Koop - Kidney Diseases- Health Encyclopedia and Reference
		Kidney diseases are disorders that affect the kidneys; the two organs that remove waste products, produce certain hormones, and regulate the level of chemicals in blood.
		This disease can be a primary disorder of the kidney or secondary to an illness, affecting many parts of the body (for example diabetes mellitus).
		Unfortunately, the cause of many kidney diseases is still unknown, but controlling high blood pressure and diabetes can reduce the risk of many kidney diseases.
	www.drkoop.com /encyclopedia/93/55.html (931 words)

	Polycystic kidney disease - Genetics Home Reference
		The two major forms of polycystic kidney disease are distinguished by the usual age of onset and their pattern of inheritance.
		Mutations in the PKD1, PKD2, and PKHD1 genes cause polycystic kidney disease.
		Although polycystic kidney disease is usually a genetic disorder, a small percentage of cases are not caused by gene mutations.
	ghr.nlm.nih.gov /condition=polycystickidneydisease (1121 words)

	Kidney Diseases in Childhood
		Kidney failure, which is also called renal failure, is when the kidneys slow down or stop properly filtering wastes from the body, which can cause build-ups of waste products and toxic substances in the blood.
		Multicystic kidney disease: This is when large cysts develop in a kidney that hasn't developed properly, eventually causing it to stop functioning.
		If your child's doctor suspects a kidney disease in your child, he or she will likely take a medical history, do a physical exam, and order urine tests, blood tests, imaging studies, or a biopsy to help make a diagnosis.
	kidshealth.org /parent/medical/kidney/kidney_diseases_childhood.html (2030 words)

	GUIDELINE 9: PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY: NONDIABETIC KIDNEY DISEASE
		Quantification of proteinuria is essential to the evaluation of nondiabetic kidney disease because of its important diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic implications.
		The beneficial effects of ACE inhibitors to slow kidney disease progression appeared to be mediated by factors in addition to their effects on blood pressure and proteinuria.
		As in diabetic kidney disease (Guideline 8), it was the opinion of the Work Group that it would be reasonable to add a nondihydropyridine calcium-channel blocker to an ACE inhibitor or ARB to slow the progression of nondiabetic kidney disease.
	www.kidney.org /professionals/kdoqi/guidelines_bp/guide_9.htm (3820 words)

	Chronic Kidney Diseases
		Your kidneys are tucked under your lower ribs on either side of your spine.
		The kidneys collect that stuff and send it on to the bladder as urine (pee), so you can get rid of it when you go to the bathroom.
		But the good news for kids with kidney problems is that they can take steps to stay healthier and feel better, with a little help from their families and doctors.
	kidshealth.org /kid/health_problems/bladder/kidney_conditions.html (1025 words)

	NIDDK - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
		Perhaps the major reason for this discrepancy is that the average patient enrolled in a clinical trial that satisfies all inclusion and exclusion criteria may not be representative of the average patient with hepatitis C in practice.
		Part of the difficulty in studying drug-induced liver disease is the absence of a sufficient cohort of well-characterized patients in whom to carry out clinical, genetic, immunological and biochemical investigation.
		Disease categories receiving particular emphasis include analgesic nephropathy, polycystic kidney disease, diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephritis and other immune disorders of the kidney, hypertensive nephrosclerosis and HIV nephropathy.
	www.nih.gov /about/almanac/organization/NIDDK.htm (12247 words)

	Kidney & Urologic Diseases Discussion
		Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous cysts in the kidneys.
		Pyelonephritis is a kidney infection, usually from bacteria that have spread from the bladder.
		Its mission is to improve the lives of fellow kidney patients and their families by helping them to deal with the physical, emotional and social impact of kidney disease.
	aaaaq.com /kidney_urologic (6023 words)

	Kidney failure, acute - MayoClinic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Acute kidney failure is the sudden loss of your kidneys' ability to perform their main function — eliminate excess fluid and waste material from your blood.
		Acute kidney failure tends to occur after complicated surgery, after a severe injury or when blood flow to your kidneys is disrupted.
		If acute kidney failure occurs in the context of severe chronic illness — a heart attack, stroke, overwhelming infection or multiorgan failure — the outcome is often worse.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/kidney-failure/DS00280 (294 words)

	Diavant - Diagnosis & Monitoring - Kidney diseases
		Kidney diseases can be classified in four clinical syndromes: nephrotic syndrome, nephritic syndrome, renal failure and urolithiasis.
		About 40 percent of kidney diseases are due to diabetes mellitus.
		Roche Diagnostics' Combur-Test® urine test strips are most suitable for rapid screening and monitoring of diseases of the kidney and the urogenital tract in the physician's office with high sensitivity and sufficiently high diagnostic specificity.
	www.diavant.com /diavant/CMSFront.html?pgid=2,9,8,0 (109 words)

	Congenital Kidney Diseases
		Multicystic dysplastic kidneys are associated with a UPJ obstruction of the
		multicystic dysplastic kidney is confined to one kidney.
		Prune belly syndrome is one of the commoner syndromes seen as a congenital renal disease.
	cnserver0.nkf.med.ualberta.ca /nephkids/congdiseases.htm (3854 words)

	Renal Cystic Disease (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The kidneys are affected bilaterally, so that in utero, there is typically oligohydramnios because of poor renal function and failure to form significant amounts of fetal urine.
		Grossly, the kidneys are markedly enlarged and tend to fill the retroperitoneum and displace abdominal contents.
		In fact, with absence of one functional kidney from birth, the other kidney undergoes compensatory hyperplasia and may reach a size similar to the combined weight of two kidneys (400 to 500 gm).
	www-medlib.med.utah.edu /WebPath/TUTORIAL/RENCYST/RENCYST.html (1204 words)

	Kidney Disease
		The urinary tract consists of two kidneys, two ureters (one from each kidney), tubes that drain urine from the kidneys into the bladder (a storage sac), and the urethra (the tube that transports the urine out of the body).
		The kidneys, a pair of bean-shaped organs, are located at the bottom of the ribcage in the right and left sides of the back.
		The kidneys receive blood from the aorta, filter it, and send it back to the heart with the right balance of chemicals and fluid for use throughout the body.
	www.labtestsonline.org /understanding/conditions/kidney.html (390 words)

	MedlinePlus: Kidney Diseases
		Kidney and Urologic Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
		Kidney Biopsy (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
		Kidney and Urologic Diseases Statistics for the United States (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/kidneydiseases.html (1115 words)

	Polycystic Kidney Diseases
		Polycystic Kidney Diseases are inherited renal disorders characterized by the presence of multiple cysts in both kidneys (bilateral renal cysts).
		Normal kidney tissue is replaced by fluid-filled sacs or cysts of varying sizes that become larger as the disease progresses.
		The different forms of the disease were based on the age at onset, which frequently correlates with the rate of progression and severity of the symptoms.
	www.webmd.com /hw/kidney_failure/nord237.asp (545 words)

	DoctorYourself.com - Kidney Diseases
		Kidney diseases kill 60,000 Americans a year and afflict at least 8 million more.
		Since vitamin C is filtered and "wasted" through the kidneys, its is a virtually custom-made therapy.
		If kidney failure is suspected, see your doctor early in the game, and insist that vitamin C therapy is employed.
	www.doctoryourself.com /kidney2.html (1722 words)

	Kidney Diseases
		The Raggio Institute was established to serve as a center of excellence for all aspects of renal clinical care, as well as education and research.
		Its Renal Education Program is intended to benefit at-risk patients by providing an understanding of kidney functions, types of kidney disease and the laboratory tests used to measure kidney function.
		The ultimate goal is to prevent the progression of kidney disease.
	www.nslij.com /body.cfm?id=946 (381 words)

	Division of Research - Kidney Diseases
		Oakland, CA—Chronic kidney disease—even asymptomatic forms of the disease—increases a person’s risk of heart disease, stroke, or death, according to researchers with Kaiser Permanente’s Division of Research in a paper published in the September 23, 2004 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
		As the ability of the kidneys to filter out the body’s toxins decreased, also known as the glomerular filtration rate or GFR, the risk of death increased proportionally.
		“The most important message to take away from this study is that patients who are at any risk of kidney disease—because of family history, high blood pressure, or diabetes—should be screened by their doctors to measure their kidney function.
	www.dor.kaiser.org /dors/news/September_2004_Go_Kidney-01.shtml (490 words)

	Kidney Diseases
		Your kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs located at the back of your body at about waist level.
		Each kidney is the size of your fist and weighs 1/2 pound.
		Please note: only your personal physician or other health professional you consult can best advise you on matters of your health based on your medical history, your family medical history, your medication history, and how information from any of these databases may apply to you.
	www.netwellness.org /healthtopics/kidney/default.cfm (181 words)

	Kidney Problems - Renal Failure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Shaking may be directly related to drops in potassium levels in the serum since the kidneys do not preserve it well when renal failure is present or they can be the result of hyperphosphatemia and secondary renal hyperparathyroidism.
		Normal kidneys can filter out solids well enough to make the specific gravity of the urine greater greater than 1.020 when it is necessary.
		There is a familial renal disease of miniature schnauzers, which is presumed to be heritable based on the pattern (related dogs being affected).
	www.vetinfo.com /drenal.html (8150 words)

	Kidney Diseases Resources
		Kidney Disease Often Due to Untreated Hypertension (05/25/2001, Reuters)
		Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
		Kidney Diseases Dictionary (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
	www.drrajmd.com /resources/kidney_diseases.htm (586 words)

	Kidney Diseases (General) - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
		Kidney and Urologic Diseases Statistics for the United States
		The NIH funds research studies about Kidney Diseases (General) that you may be able to join.
		Diabetes and high blood pressure are the two leading causes of kidney failure.
	health.nih.gov /result.asp/383 (178 words)

	Kidney Diseases - Disease, Kidney - information page with HONselect
		Chronic Kidney Disease and American's Awareness, December 17, 2004 Press Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
		Diagnosis and Evaluation of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Recommendations from the National Kidney Foundation -- 139 (2): I-36 -- Annals of Internal Me...
		Broader term(s): - Urologic Diseases - Urologic and Male Genital Diseases
	www.hon.ch /HONselect/Selection/C12.777.419.html (312 words)

	National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Studies recruiting patients, clinical practice guidelines, and research reports.
		Links to patient organizations, Government agencies, related databases, and the National Kidney Disease Education Program
		The NKUDIC Clearinghouse is a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
	kidney.niddk.nih.gov (62 words)

	Kidney & Urologic Diseases A-Z List of Topics and Titles
		Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Failure (a research fact sheet)
		Nutrition for Early Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults
		Nutrition for Later Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults
	kidney.niddk.nih.gov /kudiseases/a-z.asp (184 words)

	National Kidney Foundation (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The NKF's Kidney Walk presents an occasion for dialysis patients, organ transplant recipients, donor families, living donors, the medical communities, and the general public to celebrate LIFE and support the Foundation's mission.
		The National Kidney Foundation is proud to be partnering with the CB Richard Ellis Foundation and its local offices to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation.
		The Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance Charity Seal provides the giving public with an easily recognizable symbol which certifies that the National Kidney Foundation meets the comprehensive standards of America's most experienced charity evaluator.
	www.kidney.org.cob-web.org:8888 (161 words)

	Other CKD Diseases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kidney Learning System: Some Facts About Hepatitis B
		Web site features hepatitis information relating to kidney disease and provides additional resources on the topic
		Provides information on chronic disease prevention and downloadable sources.
	www.kidneyresource.com /linksforCategory.jsp?Category=OTHER (241 words)

	UK NKF - Kidney diseases index
		There are many diseases which can affect the kidneys, and information on many of them is given via the links below.
		For a list (with links) of symptoms or problems, rather than Kidney Diseases, click here to go to another page.
		The National Kidney Federation is registered in England and Wales
	www.kidney.org.uk /Medical-Info/Kidney-Disease.html (102 words)

	MedlinePlus: Kidney Cancer
		Deaths from Kidney Cancer on the Rise (09/21/2006, HealthDay)
		Kidney Cancer (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
		The primary NIH organization for research on Kidney Cancer is the National Cancer Institute
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/kidneycancer.html (379 words)

	Kidney and Urinary Tract Diseases
		NOAH > Kidney and Liver > Kidney Diseases
		DISCLAIMER: NOAH is an information guide only and cannot answer personal health-related or research questions.
		All medical information needs to be carefully reviewed with your health care provider.
	www.noah-health.org /en/kidver/kidney/index.html (66 words)

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