Elevated bilirubin levels are associated with a better renal prognosis and ameliorate kidney fibrosis

• Sehoon Park ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sehoon Park, Do Hyoung Kim

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Do Hyoung Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sehoon Park, Do Hyoung Kim

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

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• Jin Ho Hwang,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

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• Yong-Chul Kim,

  Affiliation Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Jin Hyuk Kim,

  Affiliation Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Chun Soo Lim,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Yon Su Kim,

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Seung Hee Yang ,

  * E-mail: nephrolee@gmail.com (JPL); ysh5794@gmail.com (SHY)

  Affiliation Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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• Jung Pyo Lee

  * E-mail: nephrolee@gmail.com (JPL); ysh5794@gmail.com (SHY)

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Kidney Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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