Takeshi Okatani^1,5, Hideki Asaoku¹, Tatsuya Terasaki¹, Yu Kochi¹, Fumiaki Jinnouchi¹, Tatsuji Mino¹, Ryota Imanaka¹, Kohei Kyo¹, Mitsuhiro Itagaki¹, Shinya Katsutani¹, Yuta Katayama¹, Tsuyoshi Muta², Megumu Fujiwara³, Koji Iwato⁴ (1.Hematol., Hiroshima Red Cross Hosp. & Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hosp., Japan, 2.Transfusion, Hiroshima Red Cross Hosp. & Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hosp., Japan, 3.Pathol., Hiroshima Red Cross Hosp. & Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hosp., Japan, 4.Labo., Hiroshima Red Cross Hosp. & Atomic-Bomb Survivors Hosp., Japan, 5.Pathol., Okayama Univ., Japan)

Jayant_Sastri Goda, Goutam Panda, Sidharth Laskar, Nehal Khanna, Manju Sengar, Hasmukh Jain, Bhausaheb Bagal, Navin Khattry, Prashant Tembhare, Nikhil Patkar, Papagudi_G Subramanian, Sumit Gujral (Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Republic of India)

Emi Togasaki^1,3, Chiaki Nakaseko^1,3, Yukio Kobayashi¹, Shinsuke Aida², Yasuhito Terui⁴, Kengo Takeuchi⁵, Kiyohiko Hatake¹ (1.Dpt. Hematol., International university of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital, 2.Dpt. Pathol., International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital, 3.Department of Hematology, International University of Health and Welfare, 4.Department of Hematology Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, 5.Division of Pathology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan)

Nobuhisa Hirase, Hideyuki Watanabe, Yoshimichi Tachikawa (Int. med., Kyushu Rosai Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan)

Hideko Goto^1,3, Takuro Matsumoto², Michio Sawada³, Hisashi Tsurumi⁴ (1.Department of Hematology, Chuno Kosei Hospital, Gifu, Japan., 2.Department of Hematology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan., 3.Department of Hematology, Gifu Red Cross Hospital, Gifu, Japan., 4.Department of Hematology, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu, Japan.)

Satoshi Kimura, Takahiro Sano, Masahiko Fukatsu, Kayo Harada-Shirado, Hiroshi Takahashi, Akiko Shichishima-Nakamura, Hiroshi Ohkawara, Hideyoshi Noji, Kazuei Ogawa, Takayuki Ikezoe (Department of Hematology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.)

Hirotaka Mori¹, Yoshihiro Nozawa², Ken-Ichi Nakamura¹, Takayuki Ikezoe³, Masayuki Mita¹ (1.Hematology and Oncology Center, Shirakawa Kosei General Hospital, Shirakawa, Japan, 2.Diagnostic Pathology Center, Shirakawa Kosei General Hospital, Shirakawa, Japan, 3.Department of Hematology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan)

Ryo Yanagiya¹, Satoshi Ito¹, Akane Yamada¹, Keiko Aizawa¹, Kyoko Inokura¹, Yosuke Shiono¹, Tomomi Toubai¹, Yuichi Kato¹, Koichi Honda², Susumu Kusunoki³, Kenichi Ishizawa¹ (1.The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata Univ., Yamagata, Japan, 2.Department of Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Yamagata, Saisei Hospital Yamagata, Japan, 3.Department of Neurology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan)