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Renal failure is the condition where the kidneys fail to function properly. Physiologically, renal failure is described as a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate. Clinically, this manifests in an elevated serum creatinine. It can broadly be divided into two categories: acute renal failure and chronic renal failure. Chronic renal failure (CRF) develops slowly and gives few symptoms initially. It can be the complication of a large number of kidney diseases, such as IgA nephritis, glome ...
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Kidney Failure Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- American Urological Association
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
- National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/
- American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/
- American Society of Nephrology http://www.asn-online.org/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Resources
- AAKP Kidney Beginnings: The Electronic Newsletter (American Association of Kidney Patients)
- Acute Renal Failure (National Women's Health Information Center)
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