About the Authors
- Arjan van der Tol
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* E-mail: Arjan.vandertol@ugent.be
Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
- Wim Van Biesen
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Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
- Steven Van Laecke
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Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
- Kris Bogaerts
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Affiliation Interuniversity Centre for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, Leuven, Belgium
- Koen De Lombaert
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Affiliation F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd, Brussels, Belgium
- Hans Warrinnier
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Affiliation F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd, Brussels, Belgium
- Raymond Vanholder
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Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: The authors Koen De Lombaert and Hans Warrinnier are employees of Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. The author Kris Bogaerts was appointed as a statistician by Hoffman La Roche Ltd. All the other authors have no conflict of interest to declare. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AvdT WVB SVL. Performed the experiments: AvdT WVB. Analyzed the data: AvdT WVB KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KDL HW. Wrote the paper: AvdT WVB RV.