Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• ² Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
• ³ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
• ⁴ Center for Medical Education and Career Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
• ⁵ Kyoto University Health Service, Kyoto, Japan.
• ⁶ Department of Biomedical Molecular Sciences, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
• ⁷ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
• ⁸ Department of Nephrology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
• ⁹ Division of Nephrology, Medical Corporation Houshikai, Kano Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
• ¹⁰ Department of Child Health and Welfare, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
• ¹¹ Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Rheumatology, and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan.
• ¹² Department of Hemovascular Medicine and Artificial Organs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
• ¹³ Department of Nephrology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
• ¹⁴ Department of Nephrology, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan. hirookda@saitama-med.ac.jp.
• ¹⁵ Division of Clinical Nephrology and Rheumatology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.