About the Authors

Yoshihisa Kobayashi

Affiliations Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, Rheumatology Center, Matsudo City Hospital, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Chiba Aoba Municipal Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Kei Ikeda

K.Ikeda@faculty.chiba-u.jp

Affiliation Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Takayuki Nakamura

Affiliations Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, Research Center for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Asahi General Hospital, Asahi, Chiba, Japan

Mieko Yamagata

Affiliations Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido, Chiba, Japan

Takuya Nakazawa

Affiliations Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, Department of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology, National Hospital Organization Chiba-East Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Shigeru Tanaka

Affiliation Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Shunsuke Furuta

Affiliation Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Takeshi Umibe

Affiliation Rheumatology Center, Matsudo City Hospital, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan

Hiroshi Nakajima

Affiliation Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YK KI HN. Formal analysis: KI. Funding acquisition: KI TU HN. Investigation: YK KI T. Nakamura MY T. Nakazawa ST SF TU HN. Methodology: YK KI. Project administration: KI TU HN. Resources: KI TU HN. Supervision: TU HN. Visualization: KI HN. Writing – original draft: KI. Writing – review & editing: YK KI SF HN.