*Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Chattanooga, Southeast Renal Research Institute, Chattanooga, Tennessee;
†Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
‡Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado;
§Nephrology and Hypertension Associates, Middlebury, Connecticut;
‖Section of Renal Diseases & Hypertension, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
¶U.S. Medical Affairs, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California; and
**Department of Medical and Scientific Services, Quintiles, Morrisville, North Carolina
Correspondence: Dr. James Tumlin, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Chattanooga, Director, Southeast Renal Research Institute, 2300 East Third Street, Suite 100, Chattanooga, TN 37404. Phone: 423-702-7900; Fax: 423-648-7697; E-mail: [email protected]
Received September 14, 2009
Accepted December 23, 2009
