About the Authors
- Piero Ruggenenti
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Contributed equally to this work with: Piero Ruggenenti, Flavio Gaspari
Affiliations Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy, Unit of Nephrology, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
- Flavio Gaspari
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Contributed equally to this work with: Piero Ruggenenti, Flavio Gaspari
Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
- Antonio Cannata
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
- Fabiola Carrara
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
- Claudia Cella
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
- Silvia Ferrari
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
- Nadia Stucchi
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
- Silvia Prandini
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
- Bogdan Ene-Iordache
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
- Olimpia Diadei
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
- Norberto Perico
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
- Patrizia Ondei
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Affiliation Unit of Nephrology, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
- Antonio Pisani
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Affiliation Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II, Napoli, Italy
- Erasmo Buongiorno
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Affiliation Presidio Ospedaliero V. Fazzi, Lecce, Italy
- Piergiorgio Messa
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Affiliation Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
- Mauro Dugo
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Affiliation Azienda ULSS 9 – Ospedale S. Maria di Ca' Foncello, Treviso, Italy
- Giuseppe Remuzzi
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* E-mail: giuseppe.remuzzi@marionegri.it
Affiliations Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases Aldo & Cele Daccò, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy, Unit of Nephrology, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
- for the GFR-ADPKD Study Group
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PR FG GR NP. Performed the experiments: FG AC FC CC SF NS. Analyzed the data: CC FC BEI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG AC FC CC SF NS. Wrote the paper: PR FG GR NP. Contributed to data analyses and interpretation: PR FG GR NP. Wrote the initial draft of the manuscript: PR FG GR NP. Coordinated the activities of the Laboratory of the Clinical Research Center where all the GFR measurements were centralized: FG. Performed all the laboratory analyses: AC FC CC SF NS. Contributed to the statistical analyses: CC FC. Coordinated the activities of the Day Hospital of the Clinical Research Center where the clearance studies were performed: SP. Monitored all the activities of the clinical trials: OD. Generated the data bases and contributed to data handling: BE-I. Contributed to patient identification, monitoring and care: NP PO AP EB PM MD.