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Strategies to prevent kidney disease and its progression

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The 2020 World Kidney Day campaign highlights the importance of prevention of chronic kidney disease. Various strategies and therapies are available to prevent disease before its onset (primary prevention), during early disease stages (secondary prevention) and for effective management of established disease to prevent dialysis (tertiary prevention).

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  1. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, California, USA

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

  2. Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Philip K.-T. Li

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K.K.-Z. has received honoraria and/or support from Abbott, Abbvie, ACI Clinical (Cara Therapeutics), Akebia, Alexion, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Aveo, BBraun, Chugai, Cytokinetics, Daiichi, DaVita, Fresenius, Genentech, Haymarket Media, Hospira, Kabi, Keryx, Kissei, Novartis, Pfizer, Regulus, Relypsa, Resverlogix, Sandoz, Sanofi, Shire, Vifor, UpToDate and ZS-Pharma. P.K.-T.L. declares no competing interests.

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Kalantar-Zadeh, K., Li, P.KT. Strategies to prevent kidney disease and its progression. Nat Rev Nephrol 16, 129–130 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-020-0253-1

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