About the Authors

Ryo Yamazaki

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University, Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan

Osamu Nishiyama

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

nishiyama_o@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University, Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan

Sho Saeki

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University, Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan

Hiroyuki Sano

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University, Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan

Takashi Iwanaga

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University, Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan

Yuji Tohda

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Kindai University, Faculty of Medicine, Osakasayama, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.