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The Japanese Society for Pediatric Nephrology (JSPN; http://www.jspn.jp/en/) was founded in 1967 as a nonprofit organization to enhance and assist the study and practice of pediatric nephrology. The specific goals of the JSPN are:

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 5-1 Kusunoki-cho 7 chome, Chuo-ku, 650-0017, Kobe, Japan

    Kazumoto Iijima

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  1. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Children's Research Institute, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    Ellis D. Avner

  2. Harvard Medical School Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    William E. Harmon

  3. Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades Dept. Néphrologie Pédiatrique, Paris, France

    Patrick Niaudet

  4. Wakayama Medical University Dept. Pediatrics, Wakayama City, Japan

    Norishige Yoshikawa

  5. Department of Nephrology and Urology Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Emma

  6. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension The Heart Institute, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical C, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Stuart Goldstein

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Iijima, K. (2014). JSPN. In: Avner, E., Harmon, W., Niaudet, P., Yoshikawa, N., Emma, F., Goldstein, S. (eds) Pediatric Nephrology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27843-3_75-1

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