About the Authors

Hiroaki Yoshikawa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hiroaki@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Health Service Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Yumi Adachi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Service Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Yosikazu Nakamura

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health Center, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi, Japan

Nagato Kuriyama

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan

Hiroyuki Murai

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Chiba, Japan

Yoshiko Nomura

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Yoshiko Nomura Neurological Clinic for Children, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Yasunari Sakai

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Kazuo Iwasa

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University, Kahoku, Ishikawa, Japan

Yutaka Furukawa

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NHO Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan

Makoto Matsui

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Houju Memorial Hospital, Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan

Satoshi Kuwabara

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan

Taskforce of Research that Aims to Contribute to Improving the Medical Level of Intractable Diseases and Neuroimmune Patients’ Quality of Life

Affiliation Health Service Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.