Kidney Information Network for Disease Research and Education

KINDRED is a prospective observational cohort study that will enroll up to 5,000 dialysis patients throughout the United States with and without known diagnosis of Fabry disease but at risk for Fabry disease (e.g., unknown cause of renal disease, young male, initiating dialysis without a kidney biopsy, etc).This tissue repository will allow for genetic screening of a geographically diverse population, assist in identification of rare diseases in ESRD, and collect research-quality information on risk factors and outcomes from an ethnically heterogeneous population of dialysis patients. In this study, Investigators will use a novel method of performing research in this population by leveraging the internet to enhance and accelerate recruitment of potential subjects to participate in a genetic screening/tissue repository protocol.