Nephrology in Africa: forgotten no more

Affiliations

¹ School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. South Africa.
² George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, New Delhi, India; School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. Electronic address: vjha@georgeinstitute.org.in.

Editorial

Saraladevi Naicker et al. Kidney Int. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;98(4):804-806.

doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.07.016.

¹ School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. South Africa.
² George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, New Delhi, India; School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. Electronic address: vjha@georgeinstitute.org.in.

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Keywords: Africa; acute kidney injury; chronic kidney disease; nephrology.

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