1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kumamoto University Hospital Faculty of Health Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan.
2. Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamagushi, Japan.
3. Department of Laboratory and Vascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
4. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
5. Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.
6. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
7. Department of Medical Technique, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
8. Department of Molecular Diagnosis and Division of Clinical Genetics and Proteomics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
9. Department of Clinical Laboratory, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
10. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Keiyu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
11. Division of Clinical Laboratories, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.