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Other websites
General Information
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetesforecast/
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/kidney.htm
http://www.diabetes.org/
http://nephron.com/links.html
Renal Resource Centre / Australian Kidney Foundation
http://www.kidney.org.au
http://medlineplus.adam.com/ency/article/000459.htm
http://www.adam.com/ency/article/000459.htm
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/pubs/stonadul/stonadul.htm
Hypertension education foundation
http://www.hypertensionfoundation.org/
American Heart Association website
http://www.americanheart.org/
American Society of Hypertension
http://www.ash-us.org/
http://www.pkdcure.org/
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/summary/analgesc/
http://www.nih.gov/niams/healthinfo/slehandout/
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/summary/lupuneph/lupuneph.htm
http://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/site/contents.html
http://nephron.com/links.html
Nephron Information Centre website for patients
http://nephron.com/preesrd.html
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National Kidney Foundation information website
http://www.kidney.org/
http://www.kidney.org.au/
http://nephron.com/links.html
http://nephron.com/preesrd.html
http://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/site/contents.html
http://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/site/contents.html
Australasian & South East Asian Tissue Typing Association
http://www.aseatta.org.au/
Australian Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.au/
New South Wales Red Cross
http://www.nsw.redcross.org.au/
United Network of Organ Sharing
http://www.unos.org/frame_Default.asp
The American Society of Transplantation (AST) Patient Care
and Education Committee:
http://www.a-s-t.org/pcare/english/intro.htm
Transweb – living donor information / transplantation
http://www.transweb.org/
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
http://www.niddk.nih.gov
Kidney Foundation of Canada
http://www.kidney.ca
Renal World – a collection of resources from around the world
http://www.renalworld.com
Overseas dialysis unit search
http://www.renalnet.org
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Websites continued...
Analgesic nephropathy
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/summary/analgesc/
SLE
http://www.nih.gov/niams/healthinfo/slehandout/
Lupus nephritis
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/summary/lupuneph/lupuneph.htm
Wegener’s granulomatosis
http://www.wgsg.org/
Kidney stones in adults
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/pubs/stonadul/stonadul.htm
Nephrotic syndrome in adults
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/summary/nephsynd/nephsynd.htm
Digital Urology Journal patient information
http://www.duj.com/PI.html
Diabetes websites
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetesforecast/
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/kidney.htm
http://www.diabetes.org/
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
http://www.pkdcure.org/
International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
http://www.ispd.org/
Wellcome Trust Information site
http://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/site/contents.html/
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UTIs: American Medical Association site
http://obgyn.uihc.uiowa.edu/Patinfo/Adhealth/UTI.HTM
http://www.drreddy.com/uti.html
Pre-eclampsia
http://familydoctor.org/handouts/
Glomerulonephritis: National Kidney and Urologic Diseases
Information Clearinghouse
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/kidney/summary/glomneph/glomneph.htm
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