About the Authors
- Shoichiro Otsuki
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Hirofumi Sawada
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, and Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Noriko Yodoya
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Tsutomu Shinohara
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Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan, Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Taichi Kato
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Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Hiroyuki Ohashi
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Erquan Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Hideto Shimpo
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Kazuo Maruyama
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Yoshihiro Komada
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
- Yoshihide Mitani
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* E-mail: ymitani@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SO H. Sawada NY TS TK HO YK YM KIY EZ KM H. Shimpo. Performed the experiments: SO H. Sawada NY TS TK YM KIY EZ KM. Analyzed the data: SO H. Sawada NY TS TK HO YK YM KIY EZ KM H. Shimpo. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SO H. Sawada NY TS TK HO YK YM KIY EZ KM H. Shimpo. Wrote the paper: SO H. Sawada NY TS TK HO YK YM KIY EZ KM H. Shimpo.