About the Authors
- Michio Yasunami
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* E-mail: yasunami@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Hitomi Nakamura
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Kazunaga Agematsu
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Affiliation Department of Infection and Host Defense, Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan
- Akinori Nakamura
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Affiliation Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
- Masahide Yazaki
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Affiliation Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
- Dai Kishida
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Affiliation Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
- Akihiro Yachie
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
- Tomoko Toma
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
- Junya Masumoto
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Affiliation Department of Pathogenomics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, To-on, Japan
- Hiroaki Ida
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
- Tomohiro Koga
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Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
- Atsushi Kawakami
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Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
- Katsumi Eguchi
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo, Japan
- Hiroshi Furukawa
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara Hospital, Sagamihara, Japan
- Tadashi Nakamura
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Kumamoto Shinto General Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
- Minoru Nakamura
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
- Kiyoshi Migita
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Yasunami KM. Performed the experiments: M. Yasunami HN. Analyzed the data: M. Yasunami HN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Yasunami KA AN M. Yazaki DK AY TT JM HI TK AK KE HF TN MN KM. Wrote the paper: M. Yasunami.