Tao, Xia
Thijssen, Stephan
Kotanko, Peter
Ho, Chih-Hu
Henrie, Michael
Stroup, Eric
Handelman, Garry
Article History
Received: 4 December 2015
Accepted: 3 March 2016
First Online: 22 March 2016
Competing interests
: Xia Tao, Stephan Thijssen and Peter Kotanko are employees of Renal Research Institute, affiliated with Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA). Peter Kotanko holds stock of FMCNA. Peter Kotanko is an inventor on a U.S. patent (assigned to FMCNA) on the method described in the paper. Chih-Hu Ho, Michael Henrie and Eric Stroup are employees of FMCNA. Garry Handelman declares no conflicts of interest.