About the Authors
- Toshihiro Kanda
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
- Atsushi Nishida
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* E-mail: atsuda@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
- Masashi Ohno
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
- Hirotsugu Imaeda
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
- Takashi Shimada
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Affiliation Central Research Laboratories, Nichinichi Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd., Tominaga, Iga, Mie, Japan
- Osamu Inatomi
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
- Shigeki Bamba
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
- Mitsushige Sugimoto
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
- Akira Andoh
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Nichinichi Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TK AN Performed the experiments: TK AN. Analyzed the data: TK AN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK AN MO HI TS OI SB MS AA. Wrote the paper: TK AA AN.