Kishimoto, Riwa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0232-3631
Kikuchi, Katsuhiko
Koyama, Atsuhisa
Kershaw, Jeff
Omatsu, Tokuhiko
Tachibana, Yasuhiko
Suga, Mikio
Obata, Takayuki
Article History
Received: 11 January 2019
Revised: 18 March 2019
Accepted: 21 March 2019
First Online: 14 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Riwa Kishimoto.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all volunteers in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• experimental• performed at one institution