Affiliations

• ¹ From the Department of Nephrology, Suleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey (B.A.).
• ² Department of Medicine (M. Kuwabara, R.J.J.).
• ³ Department of Cardiology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan (M. Kuwabara).
• ⁴ Dialysis Unit, School of Medicine, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain (A.O.).
• ⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey (A.Y.).
• ⁶ Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant Center, "Dr C.I. Parhon" University Hospital, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania (D.S., A.C.).
• ⁷ Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension (B.R.-I.), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.
• ⁸ Renal Service, Hospital Universitario, Universidad del Zulia and Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC)-Zulia, Maracaibo (B.R.-I.).
• ⁹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey (M. Kanbay). mkanbay@ku.edu.tr.