Serum uric acid level is associated with renal arteriolar hyalinosis and predicts post-donation renal function in living kidney donors

• Yuzuki Kano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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• Katsuyuki Tanabe ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: tanabek@okayama-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4767-5892

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• Masashi Kitagawa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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• Hitoshi Sugiyama,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School General Medical Center and Department of Medical Care Work, Kawasaki College of Health Professions, Okayama, Japan

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• Tomoaki Yamanoi,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9821-9407

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• Kasumi Yoshinaga,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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• Kensuke Bekku,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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• Shingo Nishimura,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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• Motoo Araki,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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• Jun Wada

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan

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