Isogai, Toshiaki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2172-6447
Matsui, Hiroki
Tanaka, Hiroyuki
Fushimi, Kiyohide
Yasunaga, Hideo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (H29-Policy-Designated-009, H29-Policy-Designated-009, H27-Policy-Strategy-011)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17H04141)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Article History
Received: 12 February 2017
Accepted: 2 June 2017
First Online: 7 June 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan (Grant numbers: H29-Policy-Designated-009 and H27-Policy-Strategy-011); the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (Grant number: 17H04141); and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development. The funders had no role in the execution of this study or interpretation of the results.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at The University of Tokyo.
: The need for informed consent for each patient was waived because all data were anonymized.