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Upcoming conferences
The 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy
27 - 30 June 2019, Pacifico Yokohama
The 65th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy
12−14 June 2020, Osaka International Convention Center, RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka
The 66th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy
4-6 June 2021, Pacifico Yokohama
The 9th Asia Pacific Chapter Meeting of International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (APCM-ISPD)
5-7 September 2019, Nagoya Congress Center
The 25th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
23-24 November - 30 November 2019, Hiroshima International Conference Center
The 30th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Blood Purification Critical Care
26-27 October 2019, Hamamatsu ACT
The 31st Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Blood Purification Critical Care
2020, Kofu Memorial Day's Hotel
The 9th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Renal Rehabilitation
9-10 March 2019, B-ConPlaza (Beppu Convention Center)
The 10th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Renal Rehabilitation
2020, The Auditorium in St. Marianna University School of Medicine
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Aims and scope
Renal Replacement Therapy is a peer-reviewed journal facilitating worldwide discussion of research and issues related to the study of renal replacement therapy.
RRT considers articles on all aspects of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, blood purification, renal transplantation and regenerative medicine. In addition, the journal publishes content in wider fields such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), acute kidney injury (AKI), critical care medicine and intensive care, bone and mineral metabolism, anemia and iron metabolism, infection, cardiac disease, cerebral disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, nutrition, and related social issues. Contributions are encouraged from a global perspective across many disciplines.
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About the Editor
Prof Takashi Shigematsu, Editor-in-Chief
Prof Shigematsu is currently Professor and Director of the Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine at the Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Japan. He is also Director of Blood purification Medicine, and Clinical Engineering at Wakayama Medical University Hospital, as well as a member of the International Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Nephrology.
His research interests focus on bone and mineral metabolism within chronic kidney disease (CKD). In addition, he has been investigating and working in fields of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, blood purification medicine in acute kidney injury, kidney transplantation.
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