About the Authors
- Fumie Yamashita
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Koichi Azuma
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* E-mail: azuma@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Tsukasa Yoshida
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Kazuhiko Yamada
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Akihiko Kawahara
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Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Satoshi Hattori
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Affiliation Biostatistics Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Hiroaki Takeoka
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Yoshiaki Zaizen
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Tomotaka Kawayama
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Masayoshi Kage
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Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Tomoaki Hoshino
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Affiliation Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KA FY. Performed the experiments: KA FY AK YZ KY HT TY. Analyzed the data: SH MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK. Wrote the paper: FY KA TH.