1Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
2Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
3Department of Clinical Research Promotion, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
4Department of Medical Statistics, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
5Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
6Department of Nephrology, Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, Fuchu, Japan
7Department of Pediatrics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan
8Department of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Japan
9Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
10Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama City, Japan
11Department of Nephrology, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
12Department of Pediatrics, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan
13Department of Pediatrics, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
14Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
15Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
16Department of Pediatrics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
17Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
18Division of Nephrology and Rheumatology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
19Department of Nephrology, Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center, Obu, Japan
20Department of Pediatrics, Saga University, Saga City, Japan
21Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
22Department of Pediatrics, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata City, Japan
23Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
24Department of Pediatrics, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
25Clinical and Translational Research Center, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan
26Department of Child Health and Welfare (Pediatrics), Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan
27Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
28Department of Research and Development Supervision, Clinical Research Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
Correspondence: Prof. Kazumoto Iijima, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Minatojimaminami-machi 1-6-7, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan. Email: [email protected], [email protected]
*The members of the Japanese Study Group of Kidney Disease in Children are Takayuki Okamoto, Yasuyuki Sato, Asako Hayashi, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Yoshinori Araki, Yoshinobu Nagaoka, Azusa Kawaguchi, Masayoshi Nagao, Naonori Kumagai, Noriko Sugawara, Takeshi Yamada, Yoko Ohwada, Shori Takahashi, Tamaki Morohashi, Hiroshi Saito, Koichi Kamei, Mayumi Sako, Hidefumi Nakamura, Riku Hamada, Hiroshi Hataya, Ryoko Harada, Naoaki Mikami, Tomohiro Inoguchi, Eriko Tanaka, Shuichi Ito, Hiroyuki Machida, Aya Inaba, Naoya Fujita, Satoshi Hibino, Kazuki Tanaka, Yoshimitsu Gotoh, Katsuaki Kasahara, Hisakazu Majima, Yohei Ikezumi, Masaki Shimizu, Tadafumi Yokoyama, Tomoyuki Sakai, Toshihiro Sawai, Yusuke Okuda, Toshiki Masuda, Takuo Kubota, Taichi Kitaoka, Hirofumi Nakayama, Rika Fujimaru, Katsusuke Yamamoto, Takahisa Kimata, Kazumoto Iijima, Kandai Nozu, Takeshi Ninchoji, Tomohiko Yamamura, Tomoko Horinochi, China Nagano, Nana Sakakibara, Ryojiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Kaito, Yosuke Inaguma, Yuko Shima, Kunihiko Aya, Toshiyuki Ohta, Yoshitsugu Kaku, Seiji Tanaka, Takuya Esaki, Satoko Kurata, Yasufumi Ohtsuka, Kenji Ishikura, and Koichi Nakanishi.
Present address: Naonori Kumagai, Department of Pediatrics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
Present address: Eriko Tanaka, Department of Pediatrics, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Present address: Masaki Shimizu, Department of Child Health and Development, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
K.I., M.S., and K.N. contributed equally to this study.
