About the Authors
- Takuya Okata
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Affiliation Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
- Kazunori Toyoda
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* E-mail: toyoda@ncvc.go.jp
Affiliation Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
- Akira Okamoto
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistory, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
- Toshiyuki Miyata
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
- Kazuyuki Nagatsuka
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
- Kazuo Minematsu
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Affiliation Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Competing Interests
KT, TM, KN, and KM report speakers’ honoraria from Bayer. Kazunori Toyoda and Toshiyuki Miyata are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. This, in addition to the previously declared competing interests, does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TO. Performed the experiments: TO. Analyzed the data: TO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TO AO TM. Wrote the paper: TO KT. Provided study supervision: KN KM.