Research Needs in Pediatric Kidney Disease, 2000 and Beyond. Pediatric NephrologyTask Force Meeting. Held in Washington, DC. on January 27, 1999

摘要

The US House of Representatives and Senate encouraged the National Institute ofDiabetics and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to develop and implement plans to address the special needs of children with kidney disease. The Institute solicited the help of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN), a natural partner for this effort. ASPN and NIDDK share a commitment to improve the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases in children and to prevent kidney failure among the children. NIDDK conducts and fund medical research on kidney disease, and ASPN is devoted to continuing education for pediatricians specializing in kidney disease, training future generations of pediatric nephrologists, and to basic and clinical research.