Yamaguchi, Kyoko
Kusaba, Hitoshi
Makiyama, Akitaka
Mitsugi, Kenji
Uchino, Keita
Tamura, Shingo
Shibata, Yoshihiro
Esaki, Taito
Ito, Mamoru
Takayoshi, Kotoe
Tsuchihashi, Kenji
Arita, Shuji
Ariyama, Hiroshi
Akashi, Koichi
Baba, Eishi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9428-6772
Article History
Received: 29 March 2018
Accepted: 18 July 2018
First Online: 24 July 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Koichi Akashi and Eishi Baba have received research grants from Yakult Honsha, Eli Lilly, Taiho Pharm, Chugai Pharm, and Nippon Kayaku. Taito Esaki received research grants from mentionedĀ aboveĀ other than Chugai Pharm. Koichi Akashi has received a speaker honorarium from Chugai Pharm. Eishi Baba has received a speaker honorarium from Chugai Pharm and Eli Lilly. Akitaka Makiyama and Taito Esaki received a speaker honorarium from Yakult Honsha, Eli Lilly, Taiho Pharm, Chugai Pharm, and Nippon Kayaku.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.