About the Authors
- Toshiyuki Kawai
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* E-mail: kawait@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Mitsuru Takemoto
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Shunsuke Fujibayashi
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Haruhiko Akiyama
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Masashi Tanaka
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Seiji Yamaguchi
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Deepak K. Pattanayak
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Kenji Doi
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Affiliation Osaka Yakin Kogyo Co., ltd., Osaka, Japan
- Tomiharu Matsushita
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Takashi Nakamura
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Affiliation National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan
- Tadashi Kokubo
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, Japan
- Shuichi Matsuda
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Competing Interests
Kenji Doi is employed by Osaka Yakin Kogyo Co., ltd. 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: T. Kawai T. Kokubo TN M. Takemoto SF. Performed the experiments: T. Kawai M. Tanaka DKP. Analyzed the data: T. Kawai T. Kokubo SY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KD TM HA SM. Wrote the paper: T. Kawai.