Shinohara, Kayo*; Shoji, Tetsuo*; Emoto, Masanori*; Tahara, Hideki*; Koyama, Hidenori*; Ishimura, Eiji†; Miki, Takami‡; Tabata, Tsutomu§; Nishizawa, Yoshiki*
*Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, †Department of Nephrology, and ‡Department of Geriatrics and Neurology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan; and §Division of Internal Medicine, Inoue Hospital, Suita, Japan.
Correspondence to Dr. Tetsuo Shoji, Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, JAPAN. Phone: +81-6-6645-3806; Fax: +81-6-6645-3808; E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted April 11, 2002
Received December 28, 2001