Kinuko Mitani, MD, PhD1, Jong Wook Lee, M.D., Ph.D.2, Jun Ho Jang, MD, PhD3, Yoshiaki Tomiyama4, Koji Miyazaki, MD5, Koji Nagafuji6, Kensuke Usuki, MD, PhD7, Nobuhiko Uoshima, MD, PhD8*, Tomoaki Fujisaki9*, Hiroshi Kosugi, MD, PhD10, Itaru Matsumura11, Ko Sasaki1, Masahiro Kizaki, MD12, Masashi Sawa, MD, PhD13*, Michihiro Hidaka, MD, PhD14*, Naoki Kobayashi, MD, PhD15*, Satoshi Ichikawa, MD, PhD16*, Yuji Yonemura, MD, PhD17, Kenta Murotani, PhD18*, Mami Shimizu19*, Akira Matsuda, MD20*, Keiya Ozawa, MD21* and Shinji Nakao, MD, PhD22
1Department of Hematology and Oncology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
2Division of Hematology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
3Department of Hematology, Sungkyunkwan University Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
4Department of Blood Transfusion, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan
5Department of Transfusion and Cell Transplantation, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, JPN
6Kurume University Hospital, Kurume, Japan
7Department of Hematology, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
8Department of Hematology, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, Kyoto, JPN
9Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan
10Department of Hematology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Ogaki, Japan
11Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
12Department of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
13Department of Hematology and Oncology, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anjo, Japan
14Department of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Kumamoto Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan
15Department of Hematology, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
16Department of Hematology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
17Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
18Biostatistics Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan
19Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
20Department of Hemato-Oncology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
21Division of Hematology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
22Division of Transfusion Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan