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Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Musashi Ranzan Hospital, Musashi, Japan.
³ Department of Nephrology and Blood Purification, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
⁴ Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
⁵ Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Vascular Biology, Department of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
⁶ Division of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka,, Japan.
⁷ The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Yamanashi, Chuo,, Japan.
⁸ Dialysis Division, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
⁹ Department of Nephrology, Toho University, Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, Yachiyo Hospital, Anjyou, Japan.
¹¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Higashikouri Hospital, Hirakata, Japan.
¹² Department of Internal Medicine, Itakura Clinic, Saitama, Japan.
¹³ Division of Artificial Kidney, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyougo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.

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. 2015 May;87(5):1075-6.

doi: 10.1038/ki.2015.47.

¹ Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Musashi Ranzan Hospital, Musashi, Japan.
³ Department of Nephrology and Blood Purification, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
⁴ Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
⁵ Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Vascular Biology, Department of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
⁶ Division of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka,, Japan.
⁷ The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Yamanashi, Chuo,, Japan.
⁸ Dialysis Division, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
⁹ Department of Nephrology, Toho University, Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, Yachiyo Hospital, Anjyou, Japan.
¹¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Higashikouri Hospital, Hirakata, Japan.
¹² Department of Internal Medicine, Itakura Clinic, Saitama, Japan.
¹³ Division of Artificial Kidney, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyougo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.

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Association between hemoglobin variability, serum ferritin levels, and adverse events/mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients.
Kuragano T, Matsumura O, Matsuda A, Hara T, Kiyomoto H, Murata T, Kitamura K, Fujimoto S, Hase H, Joki N, Fukatsu A, Inoue T, Itakura I, Nakanishi T. Kuragano T, et al. Kidney Int. 2014 Oct;86(4):845-54. doi: 10.1038/ki.2014.114. Epub 2014 Apr 23. Kidney Int. 2014. PMID: 24759150
The value of ferric citrate, an iron-containing phosphate binder, might be different between Japan and the United States.
Yokoyama K, Maruyama Y, Ohkido I, Yokoo T. Yokoyama K, et al. Kidney Int. 2015 May;87(5):1074-5. doi: 10.1038/ki.2015.45. Kidney Int. 2015. PMID: 25951070 No abstract available.