About the Authors

Yoichi Takeuchi

muu_tko@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

Ayako Saito

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

Yoshie Ojima

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

Saeko Kagaya

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

Hirotaka Fukami

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

Hiroyuki Sato

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

Ken Matsuda

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

Tasuku Nagasawa

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YT TN. Data curation: YT. Formal analysis: YT. Investigation: YT TN. Methodology: YT. Project administration: YT TN. Resources: YT AS YO SK HF HS KM TN. Visualization: YT. Writing – original draft: YT. Writing – review & editing: YT.