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| 1 | Consensus statement on the pathology of IgG4-related disease | Modern Pathology | 2012 | 2,227 |
| 2 | Estimation of glomerular filtration rate by the MDRD study equation modified for Japanese patients with chronic kidney disease | Clinical and Experimental Nephrology | 2007 | 493 |
| 3 | Prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the Japanese general population predicted by the MDRD equation modified by a Japanese coefficient | Clinical and Experimental Nephrology | 2007 | 269 |
| 4 | Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers on All-Cause Mortality, Cardiovascular Deaths, and Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus | JAMA Internal Medicine | 2014 | 238 |
| 5 | Creatinine-based equation to estimate the glomerular filtration rate in Japanese children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease | Clinical and Experimental Nephrology | 2014 | 203 |
| 6 | Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy Guidelines for Management of Cardiovascular Diseases in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis | Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis | 2012 | 113 |
| 7 | Serum Uric Acid Is Associated with Incident Chronic Kidney Disease in Middle-Aged Populations: A Meta-Analysis of 15 Cohort Studies | PLoS ONE | 2014 | 112 |
| 8 | MicroRNA-26a inhibits TGF-β-induced extracellular matrix protein expression in podocytes by targeting CTGF and is downregulated in diabetic nephropathy | Diabetologia | 2015 | 95 |
| 9 | Japan Society of Hepatology Guidelines for the Management of Hepatitis B Virus Infection: 2019 update | Hepatology Research | 2020 | 80 |
| 10 | Japan Society of Hepatology guidelines for the management of hepatitis C virus infection: 2019 update | Hepatology Research | 2020 | 79 |
| 11 | De Novo Anti-HLA DSA Characteristics and Subclinical Antibody-Mediated Kidney Allograft Injury | Transplantation | 2016 | 74 |
| 12 | Association Between Tonsillectomy and Outcomes in Patients With Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy | JAMA Network Open | 2019 | 68 |
| 13 | Positron emission tomography/computed tomography: a clinical tool for evaluation of enthesitis in patients with spondyloarthritides | Rheumatology | 2010 | 64 |
| 14 | Efficacy and Safety of Paricalcitol Therapy for Chronic Kidney Disease | Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: CJASN | 2012 | 64 |
| 15 | ACEI/ARB therapy for IgA nephropathy: a meta analysis of randomised controlled trials | International Journal of Clinical Practice | 2009 | 62 |
| 16 | LncRNA NEAT1 promotes hypoxia‐induced renal tubular epithelial apoptosis through downregulating miR‐27a‐3p | Journal of Cellular Biochemistry | 2019 | 59 |
| 17 | Effect of Oral Alfacalcidol on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Without Secondary Hyperparathyroidism Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2018 | 58 |
| 18 | Assessment and significance of abdominal aortic calcification in chronic kidney disease | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2010 | 52 |
| 19 | Home blood pressure variability on one occasion is a novel factor associated with arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes | Hypertension Research | 2013 | 51 |
| 20 | Initiating Capd with a Regimen Low in Glucose and Glucose Degradation Products, with Icodextrin and Amino Acids (Nepp) is Safe and Efficacious | Peritoneal Dialysis International | 2005 | 50 |
| 21 | Abnormal cyanide metabolism in uraemic patients | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 1997 | 48 |
| 22 | Gait speed and handgrip strength as predictors of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients | BMC Nephrology | 2020 | 45 |
| 23 | Elevated interleukin‐1β in the circulation of patients with essential hypertension before any drug therapy: a pilot study | European Journal of Clinical Investigation | 1996 | 41 |
| 24 | Neither pre-transplant rituximab nor splenectomy affects de novo HLA antibody production after renal transplantation | Kidney International | 2014 | 40 |
| 25 | Glomerular crescents in renal amyloidosis: An epiphenomenon or distinct pathology? | Pathology International | 2001 | 39 |
| 26 | High-throughput sequencing analysis of intestinal flora changes in ESRD and CKD patients | BMC Nephrology | 2020 | 36 |
| 27 | Low Hemoglobin Levels and Hypo‐Responsiveness to Erythropoiesis‐Stimulating Agent Associated With Poor Survival in Incident Japanese Hemodialysis Patients | Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis | 2014 | 33 |
| 28 | Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiac Structural and Functional Abnormalities in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Receiving Chronic Hemodialysis | Circulation Journal | 2018 | 31 |
| 29 | Analysis of T and B Cell Epitopes to Predict the Risk of de novo Donor-Specific Antibody (DSA) Production After Kidney Transplantation: A Two-Center Retrospective Cohort Study | Frontiers in Immunology | 2020 | 31 |
| 30 | Lung metastasis from parathyroid carcinoma causing recurrent renal hyperparathyroidism in a hemodialysis patient: Report of a case | Surgery Today | 1995 | 30 |
| 31 | Comparison between Whole and Intact Parathyroid Hormone Assays | Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis | 2011 | 30 |
| 32 | Adult-onset Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis with High Intensity of Muscles Detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Successfully Controlled with Tocilizumab | Internal Medicine | 2017 | 30 |
| 33 | The effect of maintaining high hemoglobin levels on long-term kidney function in kidney transplant recipients: a randomized controlled trial | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2019 | 29 |
| 34 | A Peritoneal Dialysis Regimen Low in Glucose and Glucose Degradation Products Results in Increased Cancer Antigen 125 and Peritoneal Activation | Peritoneal Dialysis International | 2012 | 28 |
| 35 | Uncontrolled home blood pressure in the morning is associated with nephropathy in Japanese type 2 diabetes | Heart and Vessels | 2011 | 27 |
| 36 | SHORT REPORT: TREATMENT FAILURE DUE TO MIXED INFECTION BY DIFFERENT STRAINS OF THE PARASITE LEISHMANIA INFANTUM | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2004 | 27 |
| 37 | Baseline characteristics and prevalence of cardiovascular disease in newly visiting or referred chronic kidney disease patients to nephrology centers in Japan: a prospective cohort study | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 26 |
| 38 | Favorable results in ABO‐incompatible renal transplantation without B cell‐targeted therapy: Advantages and disadvantages of rituximab pretreatment | Clinical Transplantation | 2017 | 26 |
| 39 | Beta-2 Microglobulin Amyloidosis: Past, Present, and Future | Kidney360 | 2020 | 25 |
| 40 | Circulating PCSK9 Level and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Death in Hemodialysis Patients | Journal of Clinical Medicine | 2020 | 24 |
| 41 | Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Treated with Infliximab | Internal Medicine | 2012 | 23 |
| 42 | High-sensitivity C-reactive protein level is a significant risk factor for silent cerebral infarction in patients on hemodialysis | Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental | 2008 | 22 |
| 43 | Satisfaction of switching to combination therapy with lixisenatide and basal insulin in patients with type 2 diabetes receiving multiple daily insulin injection therapy: A randomized controlled trial | Journal of Diabetes Investigation | 2018 | 22 |
| 44 | In situ expression of connective tissue growth factor in human crescentic glomerulonephritis | Virchows Archiv Fur Pathologische Anatomie Und Physiologie Und Fur Klinische Medizin | 2004 | 21 |
| 45 | Cost‐Effectiveness of Maintenance Hemodialysis in Japan | Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis | 2015 | 20 |
| 46 | Comparison of Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition with Glucose or Amino Acid Mixtures in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients | Nutrients | 2016 | 20 |
| 47 | Three Cases of Hemodialysis Patients Receiving High-Dose Ceftriaxone: Serum Concentrations and Its Neurotoxicity | Kidney International Reports | 2017 | 20 |
| 48 | Application of periodic acid-Schiff fluorescence emission for immunohistochemistry of living mouse renal glomeruli by an "in vivo cryotechnique" | Archives of Histology and Cytology | 2006 | 19 |
| 49 | A Novel Apolipoprotein E Mutation, ApoE Osaka (Arg158 Pro), in a Dyslipidemic Patient with Lipoprotein Glomerulopathy | Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis | 2011 | 19 |
| 50 | Frequent development of subclinical chronic antibody-mediated rejection within 1year after renal transplantation with pre-transplant positive donor-specific antibodies and negative CDC crossmatches | Human Immunology | 2013 | 19 |
