The Novel Coronavirus 2019 epidemic and kidneys

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁴ Institute of Nephrology, Zhong Da Hospital, Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China.
⁵ Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
⁶ George Institute for Global Health India, UNSW, New Delhi, India; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. Electronic address: vjha@georgeinstitute.org.in.

Editorial

Saraladevi Naicker et al. Kidney Int. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;97(5):824-828.

doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.03.001. Epub 2020 Mar 7.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁴ Institute of Nephrology, Zhong Da Hospital, Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China.
⁵ Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
⁶ George Institute for Global Health India, UNSW, New Delhi, India; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. Electronic address: vjha@georgeinstitute.org.in.

No abstract available

Keywords: acute kidney injury; hemodialysis.

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