Okui, Nobuo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5894-5283
Article History
Received: 30 April 2018
Accepted: 10 August 2018
First Online: 16 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Approval was obtained from the local ethics committee of Lidre Medical Center (Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture). In Lidre Medical Center, there are five hospitals, one pharmacy, and one civic stage, including three external legal experts, following the ethical guidelines of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Japan. In addition, the present study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, 1975 (revised in 1983).
: The present study was a prospective intervention study performed with the informed consent of all patients.