About the Authors
- Silvio Borrelli
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Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: dott.borrellisilvio@gmail.com
Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
- Paolo Chiodini
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Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision
Affiliation Medical Statistics Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
- Luca De Nicola
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Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
- Roberto Minutolo
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Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
- Michele Provenzano
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology
Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
- Carlo Garofalo
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Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
- Giuseppe Remuzzi
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Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft
Affiliations IRCCS—Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Centro Anna Maria Astori, Science and Technology Park Kilometro Rosso, Bergamo, Italy, Unit of Nephrology, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Claudio Ronco
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Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza (IRRIV) San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza–Italy
- Mario Gennaro Cozzolino
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Roles Supervision
Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Renal Division, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, University of Milan, Italy
- Carlo Manno
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Roles Supervision
Affiliation Unità Operativa Complessa Nefrologia, Dialisi e Trapianti, Dipartimento Emergenza e Trapianti d’Organo, Università degli Studi “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
- Anna Maria Costanzo
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration
Affiliation AbbVie, Campoverde (LT), Italy
- Giuliana Gualberti
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Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration
Affiliation AbbVie, Campoverde (LT), Italy
- Giuseppe Conte
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Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors declare the following interests: This study was funded by AbbVie. MGC declares grant support from Abbvie, Shire; speaker Honoraria from Abbvie, Amgen, Vifor Fresenius, Genzyme, Shire. RM declares lecture fees from Amgen, Roche, Abbvie. GG is an Abbvie employee and AMC was an AbbVie employee and may own Abbvie stocks/options. RG is affiliated with Azienda SocioSanitaria Territoriale. 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.