About the Authors
- Yoshiyuki Ban
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* E-mail: yshyban@yahoo.co.jp
Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Teruaki Tozaki
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacogenomics, Showa University School of Pharmacy, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Matsuo Taniyama
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Luce Skrabanek
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Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics and HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Yasuko Nakano
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacogenomics, Showa University School of Pharmacy, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Yoshio Ban
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Affiliation Ban Thyroid Clinic, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsutomu Hirano
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Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Author Yoshio Ban is affiliated with Ban Thyroid Clinic. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: Yoshiyuki Ban TT MT. Performed the experiments: TT Yoshiyuki Ban. Analyzed the data: Yoshiyuki Ban TT LS YN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Yoshiyuki Ban Yoshio Ban MT. Wrote the paper: Yoshiyuki Ban TH.