1. Departments of Medicine and Clinical Science; Graduate School of Medical, Sciences; Kyushu University; Fukuoka
2. Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolism; Tokai University School of Medicine; Kanagawa
3. Medical and Research Center for Nephrology and Transplantation; Hyogo Prefectural Hospital; Hyogo
4. Department of Comprehensive Kidney Disease Research; Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine; Osaka
5. Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine; Division of Kidney and Hypertension; Osaka City University; Graduate School of Medicine; Osaka
6. Department of Internal Medicine; Jikei University School of Medicine; Tokyo
7. Fujita Health University School of Medic; Aichi
8. Division of Nephrology and Blood Purification Medicine; Department of Medicine; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama
9. Dialysis Unit; University Hospital of the Ryukyu; Okinawa; Japan