1. Rationale for an International Federation of Kidney Foundations
Joel D. Kopple, MD 
American Journal of Kidney Diseases 
Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages (November 2000)
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2. Fig 1
Increase in the prevalence rates of ESRD patients undergoing renal replacement therapy (hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, or renal transplantation), per million general population (over a 4-year period). Data are shown for four registries: Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA), Canadian Organ Replacement Registry (CORR), Japan Society for Dialysis Therapy (JSDT), and US Renal Data System (USRDS) Registry. Symbols are: open bars, 1994; stippled bars, 1995; striped bars 1996; black bars, Mean increase refers to the average annual increase in the prevalence rates during the years 1994 to Reprinted with permission from Schena.2 Used with permission from Kidney International , Volume 57, Suppl 74, pages S-39 to S-45, 2000.
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3. Fig 2
Increase in the prevalence rates of ESRD patients undergoing renal replacement therapy, per million general population, over a 2- or 3-year period, from several countries or areas in Asia or the Western Hemisphere. Data were obtained from the Asian-Pacific Registry and the Latin American Registry. Reprinted with permission from Schena.2 Used with permission from Kidney International , Volume 57, Suppl 74, pages S-39 to S-45, 2000.
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4. Fig 3
Percentage of prevalent ESRD patients in various countries who have a functioning renal transplant. Data are from 1997 or Reprinted with permission from the USRDS.9
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5. Fig 4
Selected SF-36™ summary scale scores for the general populations of Europe, Japan, and the United States in comparison with the scores of the DOPPS maintenance hemodialysis patients, 1997 to Reprinted with permission from the DOPPS Report.11
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6. Fig 5
All SF-36™ summary scales for a group of clinically depressed non-ESRD individuals in the United States in comparison with the US DOPPS hemodialysis patients. Data are age adjusted to 60 years. Reprinted with permission from the DOPPS Report.11
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7. Fig 6
Growth in annual international telephone traffic from International telephone calls originating in the United States are indicated by the gray solid squares; international telephone calls originating in other countries are indicated by the open squares. Reprinted with permission from International Traffic Data Reports, TeleGeography, Inc.32
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8. Fig 7
Growth in the annual international telephone service to South America and Africa that originated in the United States since Reprinted with permission from International Traffic Data Reports, TeleGeography, Inc.32
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9. Fig 8
A history of the growth in the Research Fellowship Awards, Young Investigator Grants, and Clinical Scientist Awards of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) since the inception of each of these award programs. The data refer only to the awards given by the NKF national office and are in addition to the fellowship or research grant awards given each year by the NKF affiliates. Reprinted with permission.34
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10. Fig 9
Percentage of households in the United States that made charitable contributions from 1987 to The average amount of dollars contributed per household, reported in constant 1998 dollars, is shown. The average dollar contribution does not include the charitable giving by corporations or foundations. Reprinted with permission from Independent Sector, ,36
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11. Fig 10
A breakdown of the categories of recipients who received charitable contributions from individual households in Reprinted from Independent Sector, ,36
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