About the Authors
- Miho Nara
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
- Kazuaki Teshima
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
- Atsushi Watanabe
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
- Mitsugu Ito
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
- Keiko Iwamoto
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
- Atsushi Kitabayashi
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Akita Kumiai General Hospital, Akita, Japan
- Masaaki Kume
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital, Yokote, Japan
- Yoshiaki Hatano
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Yamamoto Kumiai General Hospital, Noshiro, Japan
- Naoto Takahashi
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
- Shinsuke Iida
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Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Japan
- Kenichi Sawada
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Affiliation Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
- Hiroyuki Tagawa
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* E-mail: htagawa0279jp@yahoo.co.jp
Affiliation Department of Hematology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HT MN. Performed the experiments: MN KT MI AW HT. Analyzed the data: MN KT AW MI KI AK MK YH NT SI KS HT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH SI. Wrote the paper: HT MN.