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¹ Laboratory of Pathophysiology, University Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: benjamin.vervaet@uantwerpen.be.
² Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Laboratory of Pathophysiology, University Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Rajatrata University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
⁵ Department of Nephrology, Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
⁶ Laboratory of Pathophysiology, University Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: marc.debroe@uantwerpen.be.

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Benjamin A Vervaet et al. Kidney Int. 2020 Sep.

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. 2020 Sep;98(3):787-789.

doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.06.021. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

¹ Laboratory of Pathophysiology, University Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: benjamin.vervaet@uantwerpen.be.
² Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Laboratory of Pathophysiology, University Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Rajatrata University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
⁵ Department of Nephrology, Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
⁶ Laboratory of Pathophysiology, University Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: marc.debroe@uantwerpen.be.

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