Diseases and Disorders > Urinary System

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Diseases: Bladder Diseases | Kidney Diseases | Kidney Failure | Ureteral Diseases | Urethral Diseases | Urinary Tract Infections

Other Topics: General Urinary System | Anatomy | Diagnostic Procedures | Dialysis | Surgery | Kidney Transplantation | Urination Disorders

Kidney Diseases

(Jump to: Children With Kidney Disease | Diabetic Kidney Disease | General Information | Infections | Injury | Nutrition | Overviews | Kidney Surgery

Specific Kidney Diseases: Acid-Base Disorders | Cancer | Chronic Kidney Disease | Cysts | Diabetes Insipidus | Fanconi's Syndrome | Glomerulosclerosis | Goodpasture's Syndrome | Kidney Stones | Nephritis | Nephropathy | Nephrotic Syndrome | Polycystic Kidney Disease | Renal Osteodystrophy | Vascular Kidney Disease )

	General Information
	Kidney Disease Information:NIDDK
	Making Health a Family Affair:NIDDK [PDF] [ Order printed copy]
	Protect Your Kidneys:NIDDK
	Solitary Kidney:NIDDK
	The Newsroom (News Flashes About Kidney Disease):NKF
	Analgesic Nephropathy (Painkillers and the Kidneys):NIDDK

	Overviews
	Your Comprehensive Guide To Kidney Disease and Related Conditions:NKF
	Overview of Glomerular Disease:UpToDate Patient Information
	Renal Dysplasia and Cystic Disease:AUA
	Nephrology Articles (Index):eMedicine
	Kidney Diseases:MedlinePlus

	Children With Kidney Disease
	Overview of Kidney Diseases in Children:NIDDK
	Growth Failure in Children With Kidney Disease:NIDDK
	Failure to Grow in Chronic Kidney Disease:MAGIC Foundation
	School & Family Problems of Children With Kidney Failure:NIDDK
	Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure in Children:NIDDK
	When Your Child Has a Chronic Kidney Disease:Nemours Foundation
	Children With Chronic Kidney Disease: Tips for Parents:NKF
	Chronic Kidney Conditions:Nemours Foundation [for Teens]

	Nutrition and Kidney Disease
	Nutrition and Chronic Kidney Disease:NKF
	Nutrition for Children with Chronic Kidney Diease:NKF
	Nutrition Counter: A Reference for the Kidney Patient:AAKP [Order printed copy]
	Eat Right to Feel Right on Hemodialysis:NIDDK [Order printed copy]
	Nutrition and Hemodialysis:NKF
	Living Well on Dialysis: A Cookbook for Patients and Their Families:NKF
	Nutrition, Diet (list of articles):NKF

	Acid-Base Disorders
	Renal Tubular Acidosis:NIDDK
	Bartter's Syndrome:Merck Manual, Home Edition

	Chronic Kidney Disease
	Introduction to Chronic Kidney Disease:Life Options
	Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD):NKF
	Chronic Kidney Disease:UpToDate Patient Information
	Chronic Kidney Disease: A Family Affair:NIDDK

	Diabetes Insipidus
	General Information
	Diabetes Insipidus:NIH Clinical Center [PDF]
	Diabetes Insipidus:NIDDK
	What is Diabetes Insipidus?:Diabetes Insipidus Foundation
	The Four Types of DI:Diabetes Insipidus Foundation
	Diabetes Insipidus:MedlinePlus
	Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus (NDI)
	Nephrogenic DI (NDI):Diabetes Insipidus Foundation
	Eating and Nephrogenic DI:Diabetes Insipidus Foundation
	Nephrogenic Diabetes Survival Kit:Adult Metabolic Transition Project [for Young Adults]
	Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus:GeneReviews
	Other Types of Diabetes Insipidus
	Dipsogenic DI:Diabetes Insipidus Foundation
	Gestagenic DI:Diabetes InsipidusFoundation
	Neurogenic/Central DI:Diabetes Insipidus Foundation

	Diabetic Kidney Disease
	See Endocrine System, Diabetic Kidney Problems

	Fanconi's Syndrome
	Fanconi's Syndrome:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

	Glomerulosclerosis
	Glomerular Diseases:NIDDK
	Focal Glomulerosclerosis:NKF

	Goodpasture's Syndrome
	Goodpasture's Syndrome:NIDDK
	Goodpasture's Syndrome:NKF

	Kidney Cancer
	See Cancer, Kidney Cancer

	Kidney Cysts
	General Information
	Kidney Cysts:American Academy of Family Physicians
	Medullary Cystic Disease
	Nephronophthisis–Medullary Cystic Disease Complex:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease/Nephronophthisis:NORD
	Polycystic Kidney Disease
	General Information
	Polycystic Kidney Disease:NIDDK
	Polycystic Kidney Disease:UpToDate Patient Information
	Polycystic Kidney Disease:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
	ADPKD: Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease:PKD Foundation
	PKD Patient's Manual:PKD Foundation [PDF]
	Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease:GeneReviews
	Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
	ARPKD: Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease:PKD Foundation
	Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease:GeneReviews

	Kidney Infections
	General Information
	Kidney Infection (Pyelonephritis):Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection) in Adults:NIDDK
	Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
	Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome:MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
	Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome:NIDDK
	Atypical Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome:GeneReviews
	Renal Abscess
	Kidney (Renal) Abscess:AUA

	Kidney Injury
	Kidney (Renal) Trauma:AUA

	Kidney Stones
	General Information
	Kidney Stones in Adults:NIDDK
	Kidney Stones in Adults:UpToDate Patient Information
	Kidney Stones in Children:UpToDate Patient Information
	Diet and Kidney Stones:NKF
	Kidney Stone Analysis:WebMD
	Kidney Stones:MedlinePlus
	See also Bladder Stones and Ureteral Stones
	Treatment of Kidney Stones
	Medical Management of Stone Disease:AUA
	Surgical Management of Stones:AUA
	Kidney Stones - Surgery:WebMD
	Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) for Kidney Stones:WebMD
	Lithotripsy:NKF
	Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy or Nephrolithotripsy for Kidney Stones:WebMD
	Ureteroscopy:WebMD

	Nephritis
	Hereditary Nephritis (Alport Syndrome)
	Alport Syndrome:NKF
	Alport Syndrome:Kidney Foundation of Canada
	Alport Syndrome:Genetics Home Reference, NLM
	Collagen IV-Related Nephropathies (Alport Syndrome and Thin Basement Membrane Nephropathy):GeneReviews
	Glomerulonephritis
	General Information
	Glomerular Diseases:NIDDK
	Glomerulonephritis:NKF
	Glomerulonephritis (Nephritic Syndrome):Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Dense Deposit Disease
	Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Type II:NORD
	Questions and Answers About DDD / MPGN II:Kidneeds
	Dense Deposit Disease / Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Type II:GeneReviews
	Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
	Tubulointerstitial Nephritis:Merck Manual, Home Edition

	Nephropathy
	Familial Juvenile Hyperuricemic Nephropathy
	Familial Juvenile Hyperuricemic Nephropathy:NORD
	UMOD-Related Kidney Disease:GeneReviews
	IgA Nephropathy
	IgA Nephropathy:NIDDK
	IgA Nephropathy:NFK

	Nephrotic Syndrome
	Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults:NIDDK
	Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome:NIDDK
	Minimal Change Disease:NIDDK
	The Nephrotic Syndrome:UpToDate Patient Information

	Renal Osteodystrophy
	Renal Osteodystrophy:NIDDK

	Vascular Kidney Disease
	Blood Vessel Disorders of the Kidneys:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Renovascular Conditions:Society for Vascular Surgery
	Renovascular Disease:AUA
	Renal Artery Stenosis Treatments:AHRQ [PDF]

	Kidney Surgery
	Nephrectomy (Removal of a Kidney):Aetna InteliHealth
	Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy For Kidney Transplantation:University of Maryland Medical Center
	Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy:Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA [Video]
	See also Treatment of Kidney Stones

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