About the Authors

Thomas M. F. Connor

t.connor@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation UCL Division of Medicine and Centre for Nephrology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

D. Deren Oygar

Affiliation Nicosia State Hospital, Burhan Nalbantoglu General Hospital, Nicosia, North Cyprus

Daniel P. Gale

Affiliation UCL Division of Medicine and Centre for Nephrology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Retha Steenkamp

Affiliation UK Renal Registry, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom

Dorothea Nitsch

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Guy H. Neild

Affiliation UCL Division of Medicine and Centre for Nephrology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Patrick H. Maxwell

Affiliation UCL Division of Medicine and Centre for Nephrology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMFC DPG DN GHN PHM. Performed the experiments: TMFC DDO RS. Analyzed the data: TMFC DN GHN PHM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DDO DPG RS DN. Wrote the paper: TMFC DN GHN PHM.