Affiliation: | a Departments of Etiology/Pathophysiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita City, Osaka, Japan b Department of Clinical Laboratory, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita City, Osaka, Japan c Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara City, Nara, Japan d George King Bio-Medical, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas, U. S. A. |