CKD of Unknown Cause: A Global Epidemic?

Neil Pearce¹, Ben Caplin², Nalika Gunawardena³, Prabhdeep Kaur⁴, Cristina O'Callaghan-Gordo^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² Centre for Nephrology, Department of Renal Medicine, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK.
³ World Health Organization, Country Office, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
⁴ Department of Non-communicable Diseases, National Institute of Epidemiology (Indian Council of Medical Research), Chennai, India.
⁵ ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.
⁷ CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Editorial

Neil Pearce et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2018.

. 2018 Dec 3;4(3):367-369.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.11.019. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Neil Pearce¹, Ben Caplin², Nalika Gunawardena³, Prabhdeep Kaur⁴, Cristina O'Callaghan-Gordo^{1

5

6

7}, Thilanga Ruwanpathirana⁸

¹ Department of Medical Statistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² Centre for Nephrology, Department of Renal Medicine, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK.
³ World Health Organization, Country Office, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
⁴ Department of Non-communicable Diseases, National Institute of Epidemiology (Indian Council of Medical Research), Chennai, India.
⁵ ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.
⁷ CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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