Links of Interest
These links lead to other sites on the World Wide Web.
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Maine Medical Center
- A link to the site of the primary tertiary care hospital in the state of Maine and
the home of the Maine Transplant Program
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Division of Nephrology
- Home page for the Division of Nephrology and the Maine Transplant Program
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Vascular Access Center
- Located at the Brighton campus of the Maine Medical Center, offering placement and maintenance of vascular access for hemodialysis
- National Kidney Foundation Serving Maine
- National Kidney Foundation
- A national organization dedicated to patients with kidney disease. Click here for a list of available on-line
information provided by the NKF.
- New England Organ Bank
- The organ procurement organization for the state of Maine
- United Network for Organ Sharing
- Oversees organ donation and transplantation for the United States
- The Nephron Information Center
- Links to various nephrology-related sites
- Transweb
- Information about kidney disease and transplantation
- PKD Foundation
- An organization devoted to polycystic kidney disease
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- National Institutes of Health branch that deals with kidney disease
- American Association of Kidney Patients
- Serves the needs, interests and welfare of all kidney patients and their families
- Kidney Transplant/Dialysis Association (KTDA)
- An organization made up of artificial kidney and kidney transplant patients, their families and friends, and health professionals
- Transplant Recipients International Organization (TRIO)
- An organization committed to improving the quality of lives touched by the miracle of transplantation through support, advocacy, education, and awareness