About the Authors
- Mariano Rodriguez
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Affiliation Nephrology Service, Hospital Reina Sofia, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
- M. Dolores Salmeron
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Affiliation Nephrology Service, Hospital Reina Sofia, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
- Alejandro Martin-Malo
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* E-mail: alejandro.martin.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
Affiliation Nephrology Service, Hospital Reina Sofia, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
- Carlo Barbieri
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Affiliation Fresenius Medical Care, Bad Homburg, Germany
- Flavio Mari
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Affiliation Fresenius Medical Care, Bad Homburg, Germany
- Rafael I. Molina
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Affiliation Nephrology Service, Hospital Reina Sofia, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
- Pedro Costa
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Affiliation Fresenius Medical Care, Madrid, Spain
- Pedro Aljama
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Affiliation Nephrology Service, Hospital Reina Sofia, IMIBIC, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: CB, FM and PC are employed by Fresenius Medical Care. MR has received honorarium for lectures and consultations from: Shire, Sanofi, Abbvie, Amgem, Vifor, Fresenius and Keryx. AMM has received honorarium for lectures from: Fresenius, Shire, Abbvie, Amgem and Bellco. PA has received grants from: Allexion, Astellas, Fresenius and Abbvie. Honorarium for lectures from: Astellas, Fresenius and Otsuka. MDS has received finantial support from the Foundation for Biomedical Research of Cordoba (FIBICO) that belongs to the University Hospital Reina Sofia (Cordoba). 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.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MR MDS AMM PA. Performed the experiments: MR MDS AMM CB. Analyzed the data: MR MDS AMM CB FM RIM PC PA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB FM RIM MDS. Wrote the paper: MR MDS AMM PA.