About the Authors
- Atsushi Wada
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* E-mail: Wada.Atsushi@sysmex.co.jp
Affiliation Cell Analysis Center, Scientific Affairs, Sysmex Corporation, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Mari Kono
- Sawako Kawauchi
- Yuri Takagi
- Takashi Morikawa
- Kunihiro Funakoshi
Competing Interests
All the authors are employees of Sysmex Corporation, which is the company that produces the automated urine particle analyzer UF-1000i. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AW TM KF. Performed the experiments: AW. Analyzed the data: AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK SK YT. Wrote the paper: AW.