Serum Uric Acid Level Predicts Progression of IgA Nephropathy in Females but Not in Males

Yasuyuki Nagasawa; Ryohei Yamamoto; Tatsuya Shoji; Maki Shinzawa; Yukiko Hasuike; Katsuyuki Nagatoya; Atsushi Yamauchi; Terumasa Hayashi; Takayuki Kuragano; Toshiki Moriyama; Yoshitaka Isaka; Takeshi Nakanishi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160828

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Serum Uric Acid Level Predicts Progression of IgA Nephropathy in Females but Not in Males

Yasuyuki Nagasawa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yasuyuki Nagasawa, Ryohei Yamamoto

* E-mail: nagasawa@hyo-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Kidney and Dialysis, Hyogo College of Medicine 1–1 Mukogawa-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Ryohei Yamamoto ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yasuyuki Nagasawa, Ryohei Yamamoto

Affiliation Health Care Center, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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Tatsuya Shoji,

Affiliation Department of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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Maki Shinzawa,

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Yukiko Hasuike,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Kidney and Dialysis, Hyogo College of Medicine 1–1 Mukogawa-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Katsuyuki Nagatoya,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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Atsushi Yamauchi,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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Terumasa Hayashi,

Affiliation Department of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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Takayuki Kuragano,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Kidney and Dialysis, Hyogo College of Medicine 1–1 Mukogawa-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Toshiki Moriyama,

Affiliation Health Care Center, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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Yoshitaka Isaka,

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine and Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Takeshi Nakanishi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Kidney and Dialysis, Hyogo College of Medicine 1–1 Mukogawa-Cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Serum Uric Acid Level Predicts Progression of IgA Nephropathy in Females but Not in Males

Yasuyuki Nagasawa,
Ryohei Yamamoto,
Tatsuya Shoji,
Maki Shinzawa,
Yukiko Hasuike,
Katsuyuki Nagatoya,
Atsushi Yamauchi,
Terumasa Hayashi,
Takayuki Kuragano,
Toshiki Moriyama

Published: August 25, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160828

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