1. Department of Central Laboratory, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki 569-8686
2. Diagnostics Department, Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation, Tokyo 101-8101
3. Department of Medicine, Nissay Hospital, Osaka 550-0012
4. Department of Internal Medicine, Kinki Central Hospital, 3-1, Kuruma-zuka, Itami, Hyogo 664-8533, Japan