About the Authors

Cláudia Tótoli

Contributed equally to this work with: Cláudia Tótoli, Aluizio Barbosa Carvalho, Adriano Luiz Ammirati, Sergio Antônio Draibe

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Aluizio Barbosa Carvalho

Contributed equally to this work with: Cláudia Tótoli, Aluizio Barbosa Carvalho, Adriano Luiz Ammirati, Sergio Antônio Draibe

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Adriano Luiz Ammirati

Contributed equally to this work with: Cláudia Tótoli, Aluizio Barbosa Carvalho, Adriano Luiz Ammirati, Sergio Antônio Draibe

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Sergio Antônio Draibe

Contributed equally to this work with: Cláudia Tótoli, Aluizio Barbosa Carvalho, Adriano Luiz Ammirati, Sergio Antônio Draibe

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Eugênia F. Canziani

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

dialisefor@uol.com.br

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.