About the Authors

Sachiko Kawashima-Goto

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan

Toshihiko Imamura

imamura@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan

Chihiro Tomoyasu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan

Mio Yano

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan

Hideki Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan

Atsushi Fujiki

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Moriguchi, Japan

Shinichi Tamura

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Shinya Osone

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroyuki Ishida

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Moriguchi, Japan

Akira Morimoto

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Shimotuke, Japan

Hiroshi Kuroda

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Hajime Hosoi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK-G TI. Performed the experiments: SK-G HY AF CT MY. Analyzed the data: SK-G TI CT MY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TI ST SO HI AM HK HH. Wrote the paper: SK-G TI HY AF ST SO HI AM HK HH CT MY.