Genetic polymorphism in C3 is associated with progression in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with IgA nephropathy but not in other causes of CKD

• Sara T. Ibrahim ,

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

  * E-mail: sara.ibrahim@alexmed.edu.eg

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, Department of Renal Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7442-7902

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• Rajkumar Chinnadurai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rajkumar Chinnadurai, Ibrahim Ali, Philip A. Kalra

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3973-6595

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• Ibrahim Ali ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rajkumar Chinnadurai, Ibrahim Ali, Philip A. Kalra

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Debbie Payne,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Gillian I. Rice,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• William G. Newman ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Eman Algohary ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

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• Ahmed G. Adam ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

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• Philip A. Kalra

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rajkumar Chinnadurai, Ibrahim Ali, Philip A. Kalra

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Renal Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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