In this Article

• The Burden of Kidney Failure
• The Course of Kidney Disease
• Diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease
• Effects of High Blood Pressure
• Preventing and Slowing Kidney Disease
• Dialysis and Transplantation
• Good Care Makes a Difference
• Points to Remember
• Hope through Research
• For More Information
• Diabetes and Kidney Disease Glossary
• Diabetes and Kidney Disease Index

For More Information

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
1 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892–3560
Phone: 1–800–860–8747
TTY: 1–866–569–1162
Fax: 703–738–4929
Email: ndic@info.niddk.nih.gov
Internet: www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov

National Diabetes Education Program
1 Diabetes Way
Bethesda, MD 20892–3560
Phone: 1–800–438–5383
TTY: 1–866–569–1162
Fax: 703–738–4929
Email: ndep@mail.nih.gov
Internet: www.ndep.nih.gov

National Kidney Disease Education Program
3 Kidney Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 1–866–4–KIDNEY (454–3639)
Email: nkdep@info.niddk.nih.gov
Internet: www.nkdep.nih.gov
American Diabetes Association
1701 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
Phone: 1–800–342–2383
Email: AskADA@diabetes.org
Internet: www.diabetes.org

National Kidney Foundation
30 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 1–800–622–9010 or 212–889–2210
Fax: 212–689–9261
Internet: www.kidney.org

References:
¹United States Renal Data System. USRDS 2007 Annual Data Report. Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2007.

²National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. National Diabetes Statistics, 2007. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008.

SOURCE: National Kidney and Urologic Diseases and Information Clearing House; NIH Publication No. 08–3925, September 2008

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