Watanabe, Mitsuru
Masaki, Katsuhisa
Yamasaki, Ryo
Kawanokuchi, Jun
Takeuchi, Hideyuki
Matsushita, Takuya
Suzumura, Akio
Kira, Jun-ichi
Article History
Received: 14 July 2016
Accepted: 8 November 2016
First Online: 8 December 2016
Competing interests
: T.M. has received honoraria from Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma; J. Kira is a consultant for Biogen Idec Japan, Novartis Pharma A.G., and Medical Review. He has received speaking fees and/or honoraria from Bayer Healthcare, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Nobelpharma, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Novartis Pharma K.K., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Nippon Rinsho, and Medical Review. He has received grants from Pfizer, Eizai, Japan Blood Products Organization, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, and Bayer Healthcare; the other authors declare no conflicts of interest.