Naohiro Kurotaki1, 2, Kiyoshi Imaizumi3, Naoki Harada1, 2, 4, Mitsuo Masuno3, Tatsuro Kondoh5, Toshiro Nagai6, Hirofumi Ohashi2, 7, Kenji Naritomi2, 8, Masato Tsukahara9, Yoshio Makita10, Tateo Sugimoto11, Tohru Sonoda12, Tomoko Hasegawa13, Yasuaki Chinen14, Hiro-aki Tomita1, 2, Akira Kinoshita1, 2, Tsuyoshi Mizuguchi1, Koh-ichiro Yoshiura1, 2, Tohru Ohta15, Tatsuya Kishino2, 15, Yoshimitsu Fukushima2, 16, Norio Niikawa1, 2
& Naomichi Matsumoto1, 21
Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan.
2
CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kawaguchi, Japan.
3
Division of Medical Genetics, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
4
Kyushu Medical Science Nagasaki Laboratory, Nagasaki, Japan.
5
Department of Pediatrics, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan.
6
Department of Pediatrics, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Koshigaya, Japan.
7
Division of Medical Genetics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
8
Department of Medical Genetics, University of the Ryukyu School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan.
9
Faculty of Health Science, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.
10
Department of Public Health, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan.
11
Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University Otokoyama Hospital, Yawata, Japan.
12
Department of Pediatrics, Miyazaki Medical College, Miyazaki, Japan.
13
Division of Clinical Genetics and Cytogenetics, Shizuoka Children's Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
14
Department of Pediatrics, University of the Ryukyu School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan.
15
Gene Research Center, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
16
Department of Hygiene and Medical Genetics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Correspondence should be addressed to Naomichi Matsumoto naomat@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
