Pedrini, L. A.
Winter, A. C.
Cerino, F.
Zawada, A. M.
Garbelli, M.
Feuersenger, A.
Feliciani, A.
Ruggiero, P.
Civardi, S.
Amato, C.
Canaud, B.
Stuard, S.
Karch, A.
Gauly, A.
Article History
Received: 26 October 2018
Accepted: 22 January 2019
First Online: 1 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This is an epidemiological retrospective cohort study in which we utilized existing secondary data from the EuCliD database [CitationRef removed]. All EuCliD information is pseudonymized for scientific research purposes. All patients included in the present study provided written informed consent for the use of their pseudonymized data for scientific research purposes. According to the National Institutes of Health definition of human subject research this study falls under the exempt human subjects research category [CitationRef removed].
: Not applicable. Data was used in aggregate with no personal identifiers.
: L.A.P. has a consultancy agreement with NephroCare, Italy. A.F. and P.R. are employees of NephroCare, Italy. The other authors are employees of Fresenius Medical Care and may hold stock in the company.
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