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Editorial
. 2017 Dec;5(23):478.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.11.02.

Empagliflozin reduces albuminuria-a promise for better cardiorenal protection from the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial

Rikke Borg  1   2 , Frederik Persson  3
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Editorial

Empagliflozin reduces albuminuria-a promise for better cardiorenal protection from the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial

Rikke Borg et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: R Borg reports having received lecture fees from Novartis, Amgen, Gambro, and Novo Nordisk and having served as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim and Astra Zeneca. F Persson reports having received research grants from AstraZeneca and Novartis and lecture fees from Novartis, Eli Lilly, MSD, AstraZeneca, Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim and having served as a consultant for Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Amgen, Novo Nordisk and MSD.

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