National Kidney Foundation
About National Kidney Foundation
Established in 1950, the National Kidney Foundation is a voluntary, non-profit organization dedicated to preventing kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving the health and well being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increasing the availability of organs for transplantation. The foundation is committed to gaining adequate support for research and research training; fostering continuing education of healthcare professionals; expanding and developing patient services and community resources; increasing public awareness of kidney diseases; monitoring health policy development; and increasing fund-raising for new programs and research. In addition, the foundation supports and promotes medical research into the causes, prevention, and treatment of kidney diseases. A wide variety of educational materials is produced and distributed by the foundation. These materials are listed in a booklet entitled Public and Professional Education Materials.
Related Rare Diseases:
- Liddle Syndrome
- Potter Syndrome
- Primary Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis
- COL4A1/A2-Related Disorders
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Gitelman Syndrome
- Dent Disease
- WNT4 Deficiency
- Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
- Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Barakat Syndrome
- C3 Glomerulopathy: Dense Deposit Disease and C3 Glomerulonephritis
- Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Urofacial Syndrome
- Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome
- Galloway-Mowat Syndrome
- WAGR Syndrome/11p Deletion Syndrome
- Senior-Løken Syndrome
- Denys-Drash Syndrome
- Branchiootorenal Spectrum Disorders
- Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis
- Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
- STEC Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Fraser Syndrome
- Renal Glycosuria
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- Alport Syndrome
- Bartter Syndrome
- IgA Nephropathy
- Nail Patella Syndrome
- Primary Hyperoxaluria
- Acquired Lipodystrophy
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
- Oculo-Auriculo-Vertebral Spectrum
- Wilms’ Tumor
- N-Acetylglutamate Synthetase Deficiency
- Argininosuccinic Aciduria
- Citrullinemia Type 1
- Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 Deficiency
- Goodpasture Syndrome
- Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
- Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Medullary Sponge Kidney
- Blue Diaper Syndrome
- Cystinuria
- Cystinosis
- Síndrome urofacial
- Síndrome de Alport
- Aciduria argininosuccínica
- Síndrome de Barakat
- Síndrome de Senior-Løken
- Tumor de Wilms
- Glucosuria renal
- Hiperoxaluria primaria
- Cistinosis
