Reduced Renal α-Klotho Expression in CKD Patients and Its Effect on Renal Phosphate Handling and Vitamin D Metabolism

• Hirokazu Sakan,

  Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Kimihiko Nakatani ,

  * E-mail: nkimihik@naramed-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations First Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan, Department of Pathology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Osamu Asai,

  Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Akihiro Imura,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

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• Tomohiro Tanaka,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

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• Shuhei Yoshimoto,

  Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Noriyuki Iwamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tojinkai Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

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• Norio Kurumatani,

  Affiliation Departments of Community Health and Epidemiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Masayuki Iwano,

  Affiliations First Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan, Division of Nephrology, Department of General Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, Japan

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• Yo-ichi Nabeshima,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

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• Noboru Konishi,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Yoshihiko Saito

  Affiliations First Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan, Department of Regulatory Medicine for Blood Pressure, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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