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Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
• ² Department of Internal Medicine, Musashi Ranzan Hospital, Musashi, Japan.
• ³ Department of Nephrology and Blood Purification, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
• ⁴ Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
• ⁵ Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Vascular Biology, Department of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
• ⁶ Division of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka,, Japan.
• ⁷ The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Yamanashi, Chuo,, Japan.
• ⁸ Dialysis Division, University of Miyazaki Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan.
• ⁹ Department of Nephrology, Toho University, Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
• ¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, Yachiyo Hospital, Anjyou, Japan.
• ¹¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Higashikouri Hospital, Hirakata, Japan.
• ¹² Department of Internal Medicine, Itakura Clinic, Saitama, Japan.
• ¹³ Division of Artificial Kidney, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyougo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.