American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 927-937 , December 2007

Modification of the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) Study Equation for Japan

  • Enyu Imai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Enyu Imai, MD, Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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  • Masaru Horio, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Functional Diagnostic Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka
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  • Kosaku Nitta, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Fourth Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s University of Medicine, Tokyo
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  • Kunihiro Yamagata, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki
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  • Kunitoshi Iseki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Dialysis Unit, University Hospital of The Ryukyus, Okinawa
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  • Yusuke Tsukamoto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Syuwa General Hospital, Saitama
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  • Sadayoshi Ito, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagai
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  • Hirofumi Makino, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama
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  • Akira Hishida, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka
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  • Seiichi Matsuo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
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  • Japan Chronic Kidney Disease Initiatives

Received 13 December 2006 ,Accepted 11 September 2007.

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PII: S0272-6386(07)01246-2

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.09.004

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 927-937 , December 2007

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