Low transferrin saturation (TSAT) and high ferritin levels are significant predictors for cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease and death in maintenance hemodialysis patients

• Takahiro Kuragano ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

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

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Kidney and Dialysis, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nisinomiya, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6453-3824

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• Nobuhiko Joki,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiroki Hase,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kenichiro Kitamura,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Third Department of Internal Medicine Faculty of Medicine, The University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

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• Toshiaki Murata,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Murakami karin dou Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Shouichi Fujimoto,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hemovascular Medicine and Artificial Organs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

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• Atushi Fukatsu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hekinan Municipal Hospital, Hekinan, Japan

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• Toru Inoue,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Yuseikai Clinic, Osaka, Japan

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• Yukihiro Itakura,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Itakura Clinic, Hekinan, Japan

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• Takeshi Nakanishi

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Kidney and Dialysis, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nisinomiya, Japan

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