1. Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital, Japan
2. Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Saitama National Hospital, Japan
3. Department of Neurology, Itabashi Chuo Medical Center, Japan
4. Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Saitama National Hospital, Japan
5. Division of Research Laboratory, National Hospital Organization Nishisaitama-Chuo National Hospital, Japan
6. Division of Clinical Laboratory, National Hospital Organization Saitama National Hospital, Japan
7. Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
8. Department of Neurology, Yonezawa National Hospital, Japan
9. Department of Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
10. Department of Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics, Fukushima Medical University, Japan
11. Multiple Sclerosis & Neuromyelitis Optica Center, Southern TOHOKU Research Institute for Neuroscience, Japan
12. Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Saitama Prefectural Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Japan