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- Published online February 15, 2015.
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- Tsutomu Takeuchi,
- Nobuyuki Miyasaka,
- Takashi Inui,
- Toshiro Yano,
- Toru Yoshinari,
- Tohru Abe and
- Takao Koike
- From the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University; Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Osaka; Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama; and the Sapporo Medical Center NTT EC, Hokkaido, Japan.
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation sponsored this clinical trial and was responsible for the collection and analysis of data. T. Takeuchi and T. Koike have received lecture fees from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma.
N. Miyasaka has received grant support from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma.
T. Inui, T. Yano, and T. Yoshinari are employees of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma.
T. Takeuchi, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University; N. Miyasaka, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University; T. Inui, DVM; T. Yano, PhD; T. Yoshinari, MS, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation; T. Abe, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University; T. Koike, MD, PhD, Chief Executive, Sapporo Medical Center NTT EC.
Address correspondence to Dr. T. Takeuchi, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. E-mail: tsutake@z5.keio.jp.
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Accepted for publication December 18, 2014.