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Editor-In-Chief
H. H. Malluche, Lexington
Deputy Editor
B. P. Sawaya, Lexington
Managing Editor
L. Tipton, Lexington
Section Editors Editorial Board
A. Asif, Miami
(Interventional Nephrology)

V. Campese, Los Angeles
(Hypertension)

G. Eknoyan, Houston
(Tubulointerstitial Diseases, Chronic Kidney Disease)

J. Floege, Aachen
(Glomerular Diseases)

J. Goebel, Cincinnati
(Pediatric Nephrology)

S. Goldfarb, Philadelphia
(Fluid and Electrolytes/Acid Base)

T. Golper, Nashville
(Hemodialysis)

A. Kribben, Essen
(Acute Kidney Injury)

E. Lederer, Louisville
(Bone and Mineral, Vascular Calcifications)

D. Molony, Houston
(Hemodialysis)

D. Oreopoulos, Toronto
(Peritoneal Dialysis)

V.M. Pais, Lebanon
(Urologic Disorders, Nephrolithiasis)

B.P. Sawaya, Lexington
(Neph-Ed (In-Depth-Reviews, Editorials, Case Reports))

M.R. Weir, Baltimore
(Transplantation)

G. Wolf, Jena
(Chronic Kidney Disease)
 A.K. Abu-Alfa, New Haven
G. Appel, New York
J. Berns, Philadelphia
F.G. Boineau, Greenville
J. Bommer, Heidelberg
D. Brancaccio, Milano
E. Brand, Münster
A. Breborowicz, Poznan
E.A. Burdmann, Sao Paulo
B. Canaud, France
E. Chemla, London
D. de Zeeuw, Groningen
B.H. Eisner, Boston
M. Emmett, Dallas
M. Faber, Detroit
M.-C. Faugere, Lexington
T. Feldkamp, Essen
G. Filler, London (CND)
J. Fink, Baltimore
A. Fogo, Nashville
M. Fraer, Iowa City
T. Fujita, Tokyo
L. Gallon, Chicago
A. Haririan, Baltimore
O. Heimburger, Stockholm
J. Herberth, Lexington
S. Herget-Rosenthal, Bremen
P. Hoyer, Essen
E. Imai, Osaka
M. Joannidis, Innsbruck
M. Ketteler, Coburg
R. Kettritz, Berlin
R. Khanna, Columbia
J.T. Kielstein, Hannover
S. Kiessling, Lexington
Y.-S. Kim, Seoul
D. Kohan, Salt Lake City
D. Krieter, Würzburg
K.N. Lai, Hong Kong
G. Lehmann, Jena
J.O. l’Esperance, San Diego
V. Liakopoulos, Larissa
K. Martin, St. Louis
B.R. Matlaga, Baltimore
I. Maya, Birmingham
J. Messana, Ann Arbor
S. Moe, Indianapolis
P.H. Nachman, Chapel Hill
M. Nangaku, Tokyo
G. Nguyen, Paris
B. Palmer, Dallas
U. Panzer, Hamburg
H.P. Patel, Columbus
M. Perazella, Cheshire
B. Piraino, Pitthsburg
M. Praga, Madrid
L. Raij, Miami
R. Rodby, Chicago
M. Rosner, Charlottesville
A. Sämann, Jena
F. Schäfer, Heidelberg
D. Schneditz, Graz
S. Seliger, Baltimore
O. Shah, New York
D. Sica, Richmond
J. Sowers, Columbia
R. Sterns, Rochester
H. Szerlip, Augusta
J. Tattersall, Leeds
A. Tolwani, Birmingham (USA)
L.D. Truong, Houston
A. Tzamaloukas, Albuquerque
W. Van Biesen, Ghent
R.G. Vandevoorde, Kansas City
Y. Vanrenterghem, Leuven
J. Vella, Portland
A. Wagner, Boston
L.T. Weber, Munich
U. Wenzel, Hamburg
J. Wetzels, Nijmegen
W.-S. Yang, Singapore
A. Yevzlin, Madison
C. Zoccali, Reggio Calabria
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