Effect of zinc deficiency on chronic kidney disease progression and effect modification by hypoalbuminemia

• Atsuyuki Tokuyama ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Atsuyuki Tokuyama, Eiichiro Kanda, Seiji Itano

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

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7098-5915

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• Eiichiro Kanda ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Atsuyuki Tokuyama, Eiichiro Kanda, Seiji Itano

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kms.cds.kanda@gmail.com

  Affiliation Medical Science, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

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• Seiji Itano ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Atsuyuki Tokuyama, Eiichiro Kanda, Seiji Itano

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

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

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• Megumi Kondo ,

  Roles Validation

  ¶‡ MK, YW, HK, KK, HN, TS and NK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

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• Yoshihisa Wada ,

  Roles Validation

  ¶‡ MK, YW, HK, KK, HN, TS and NK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Kadoya ,

  Roles Validation

  ¶‡ MK, YW, HK, KK, HN, TS and NK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

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• Kengo Kidokoro ,

  Roles Validation

  ¶‡ MK, YW, HK, KK, HN, TS and NK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

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• Hajime Nagasu ,

  Roles Validation

  ¶‡ MK, YW, HK, KK, HN, TS and NK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

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• Tamaki Sasaki ,

  Roles Validation

  ¶‡ MK, YW, HK, KK, HN, TS and NK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

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• Naoki Kashihara

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  ¶‡ MK, YW, HK, KK, HN, TS and NK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

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