About the Authors
- Shinji Yoshida
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Contributed equally to this work with: Shinji Yoshida, Katsunori Ikari
Affiliations Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Katsunori Ikari
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Contributed equally to this work with: Shinji Yoshida, Katsunori Ikari
* E-mail: kikari@ior.twmu.ac.jp
Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
- Takefumi Furuya
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Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
- Yoshiaki Toyama
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Atsuo Taniguchi
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Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
- Hisashi Yamanaka
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Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
- Shigeki Momohara
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Affiliation Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
No conflict of interest has been declared by the authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KI SY. Performed the experiments: SY KI. Analyzed the data: SY KI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KI TF YT AT HY SM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SY KI.