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Kidney Disease: a bibliography of 2000 Randomised Controlled Trials: The Cochrane Renal Group has produced a searchable bibliography on CD of 2000 randomised controlled trials in kidney disease, covering kidney transplantation, renal artery stenosis, haemodialysis, glomerulonephritis, acute renal failure, diabetic nephropathy, peritoneal dialysis and chronic renal failure. Find out more….. Note: The Abstracts of Cochrane Reviews are

COMGAN Regional Subcommittees The Regions: Asia: South Asia (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri-Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives) East Asia (China, South Korea, North Korea, Mongolia) Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar) Indonesia-Philippines (including New Guinea, Brunei, and other Pacific islands) Middle East Latin America Africa Russia & CIS Eastern and Central Europe The Chairs

2003: Immunology and Renal Diseases 2-5 June 2003 , Groß Dölln (60 km north of Berlin), Germany. Held in conjunction with the World Congress of Nephrology (8-12 June) in Berlin. Topics: • Basic immunology • Immunological mechanisms in autoimmune diseases, glomerulonephritis and after transplantation • New immunotherapeutic strategies • Immunological tolerance • Immunoregulation by T

ICNs in 2001 and 2003: 1 San Francisco, CA, USA, 14-17 October 2001 2. Berlin, Germany, 9-12 June 2003 3. Singapore, 2005 4. Venue open for bidding Past ICNs 1. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2-6 May 1999 (see below) 2. Sydney, Australia, 25-29 May, 1997 3. Madrid, Spain, 2-6 July, 1995 The XVth International Congress of Nephrology and

Purpose, Organization, Activities and Budget Purpose ISN COMGAN is committed to the prevention and regression of chronic renal disease. It offers substantial support to continuing medical education and fact-finding missions around the world. COMGAN’s ultimate aim is to improve clinical care awareness at a global level. COMGAN’s efforts are positioned to reach out to countries

Membership in ISN is designed to help researchers and clinicians stay current with the latest advances in nephrology. Members expand their professional expertise by sharing ideas and experiences with peers from around the globe Its membership is comprised of basic and clinical nephrologists representing all relevant disciplines and subspecialties, as well as physicians and health-care

General Information The Commission on Acute Renal Failure and Disaster Relief Force represents the highest possible level of scientific investigation in acute renal failure (ARF) and brings together nephrologists, physicians, and scientists of other relevant disciplines. Activities The commission’s activities are twofold: The Disaster Relief Task Forceprovides medical care to people in natural disaster areas.

General Information The ISN Commission on Nephrology Informatics provides computer related tools, resources, and technological support to aid the practice of nephrology globally and increase knowledge in the field of renal medicine. The Commission was launched in May 1997 and is a partnership with the cyberNephrology initiative of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). NKF has

Commission on the Global Advancement of Nephrology (COMGAN)  General Information To provide an umbrella for all of the Society’s outreach programs in the developing world, in the mid-1990s ISN created the Commission on the Global Advancement of Nephrology (COMGAN). Arguably one of the largest medical specialty outreach programs in the world, COMGAN works with national