About the Authors
- Sebastião R. Ferreira-Filho
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* E-mail: sebahferreira@gmail.com;
Affiliations Nefroclínica de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Federal University of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Gilberto R. Machado
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Affiliations Nefroclínica de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Federal University of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Valéria C. Ferreira
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Affiliation Nefroclínica de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Carlos F. M. A. Rodrigues
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Affiliation Nefroclínica de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Thyago Proença de Moraes
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Affiliation Center for Health and Biological Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
- José C. Divino-Filho
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Affiliation Baxter Healthcare, Division of Baxter Novum and Renal Medicine, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Marcia Olandoski
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Affiliation Center for Health and Biological Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
- Christopher McIntyre
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom,
- Roberto Pecoits-Filho
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Affiliation Center for Health and Biological Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
- on behalf of the BRAZPD study investigators
Competing Interests
Baxter Healthcare sponsored this study. During the data collection and analysis, JCDF was employed by Baxter. RPF received a consulting fee and speaker honorarium from Baxter Healthcare. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SRFF GRM RPF. Performed the experiments: GRM SRFF. Analyzed the data: SRFF GRM VCF CFMAR CM TPM MO JCDF. Wrote the paper: SRFF GRM. These authors contributed with important points in the discussion: JCDF.