About the Authors

Hiroyuki Takemura

Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroyuki Takemura, Tomohiko Ai

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Tomohiko Ai

Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroyuki Takemura, Tomohiko Ai

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Next Generation of Hematology Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Konobu Kimura

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Next Generation of Hematology Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Sysmex, Hematology-Product Engineering, Product Development, Kobe, Japan

Kaori Nagasaka

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Toshihiro Takahashi

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Koji Tsuchiya

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Regulation, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Haeun Yang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Aya Konishi

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Sysmex, Hematology-Product Engineering, Product Development, Kobe, Japan

Kinya Uchihashi

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Sysmex, Hematology-Product Engineering, Product Development, Kobe, Japan

Takashi Horii

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yoko Tabe

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

tabe@juntendo.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Next Generation of Hematology Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Akimichi Ohsaka

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory, Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Next Generation of Hematology Laboratory Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Regulation, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The Department of Next Generation of Hematology Laboratory Medicine at Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine has been supported by Sysmex. KK, KU and AK are employees of Sysmex. The study was performed as a collaborative study by scientifically proper methods without any bias. The participation of these authors does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.