About the Authors

Masanori Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Charles L. Bennett

Affiliation South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence for Medication Safety and Efficacy and the Southern Network on Adverse Reactions (SONAR), South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Ayami Isonishi

Affiliation Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Zaina Qureshi

Affiliation South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence for Medication Safety and Efficacy and the Southern Network on Adverse Reactions (SONAR), South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Yuji Hori

Affiliation Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Masaki Hayakawa

Affiliation Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Yoko Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Hideo Yagi

Affiliation Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Yoshihiro Fujimura

malon@naramed-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Y.F. is a member of clinical advisory boards for Baxter BioScience. 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: YF. Performed the experiments: AI YH MH YY HY. Analyzed the data: MM. Wrote the paper: MM CB YF ZQ.