Association between serum albumin level and incidence of end-stage renal disease in patients with Immunoglobulin A nephropathy: A possible role of albumin as an antioxidant agent

• Yasuhiro Kawai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Kosuke Masutani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Kumiko Torisu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Ritsuko Katafuchi,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kidney Unit, National Fukuoka-Higashi Medical Center, Koga, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Shigeru Tanaka,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Division of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Akihiro Tsuchimoto,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Koji Mitsuiki,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Dialysis Center, Japanese Red Cross Fukuoka Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Kazuhiko Tsuruya ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tsuruya@intmed2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Integrated Therapy for Chronic Kidney Disease, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8390-2928

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• Takanari Kitazono

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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