Maruhashi, Takaaki http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8465-6274
Kashimi, Fumie
Kotoh, Rika
Kasahara, Shun
Minehara, Hiroaki
Kataoka, Yuichi
Nishimaki, Hiroshi
Asari, Yasushi
Funding for this research was provided by:
2017 Research Grant for young medical doctors and healthcare professionals from SRL
Article History
Received: 23 May 2018
Accepted: 26 December 2018
First Online: 8 January 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: This study was the retrospective observational design involving Human participants, and conducted in conformance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and its amendments.
: This study was approved by the Kitasato University Ethics Committee (approval number B16-121). The committee waived the need for informed consent owing to the retrospective observational design of the study.