Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all technicians of the Clinical Pathology Department at the Kameda Medical Center. We also thank Dr. Miki Nyui (Clinical Pathology Department, Kameda Medical Center) for her help in this study. We also thank Editage (www.editage.jp) for English language editing.
Author contributions
TT (Written, Patient care, Literature review, Editing), KN (Patient care), TT (Patient care), DM (Patient care), MT (Patient care), KM (Written, Patient care, Literature review, Editing).
Disclosure statement
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.