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Kidney Stones
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Overviews
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Treatment
- Specific Conditions
- Research
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Directories
- Organizations
- Statistics
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Kidney Stones in Adults (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- What I Need to Know about Kidney Stones
(National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Also available in: Spanish
Overviews
- Overviews
- JAMA Patient Page: Kidney Stones (American Medical Association)
- Kidney Stones (American Foundation for Urologic Disease)
- Kidney Stones
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Abdominal Pain, Short-Term (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Calcium Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Ultrasound: Abdomen (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Uric Acid Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Cystoscopy - Male (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
- Cystoscopy - Women (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
- Lithotripsy (National Kidney Foundation)
- Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: What Are the Risks? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- What Is Hyperoxaluria and Oxalosis? (Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation)
Research
- Research
- Obesity and Weight Gain Increase Risk for Kidney Stones (American Medical Association)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Kidneys and Urinary Tract (Nemours Foundation)
- Your Kidneys and How They Work (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Also available in: Spanish
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Kidney Diseases Dictionary (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Kidney Stones Glossary (American Foundation for Urologic Disease)
Directories
- Directories
- Directory of Kidney and Urologic Diseases Organizations (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- Find a Urologist (American Urological Association)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Foundation for Urologic Disease
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- National Kidney Foundation
- Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation
Statistics
- Statistics
- Kidney and Urologic Disease Statistics for the United States (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)