Kidney Disease
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The following sites provide reliable information on this topic:
Kidney Disease clinical trials at the NIH
National Kidney Disease Education Program
The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
The National Kidney Foundation
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Last Updated: Oct 21, 2008
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Boydstun II. Chronic kidney disease in adolescents. Adolesc Med Clin. 2005 Feb;16(1):185-99, xii.
Snively CS, Gutierrez C. Chronic kidney disease: prevention and treatment of common complications. Am Fam Physician. 2004 Nov 15;70(10):1921-8.
Toto RD. Management of hypertensive chronic kidney disease: role of calcium channel blockers. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2005 Apr;7(4 Suppl 1):15-20.
