1. From the Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan (S.W., M.K., K.M., K.T., R.S.)
2. Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe, Translational Research Center for Medical Innovation, Japan (T.K.)
3. Center for Clinical Research, Kobe University Hospital, Japan (Y.N.)
4. Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Japan (S.A., T.N., N.H., T.O., H.M., M.M.)
5. Division of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Toyama Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, Japan (H.O.)
6. Stroke Center, Kinki University Hospital, Osakasayama, Japan (T.O.)
7. Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine and Neurology, Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan (M.Y.)
8. Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan (K.K.)
9. Clinical Research Center for Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Center for Brain and Cerebral Vessels, Sanno Hospital and Sanno Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan (S.U.)
10. Department of Neurology, Sakai City Medical Center, Japan (M.M.).