Sekikawa, Kumiko
Moriyama, Hiroshi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-924X
Miyaso, Hidenobu
Osada, Takuya
Ueno, Ryuichi
Otsuka, Naruhito
Itoh, Masahiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (B14370007)
Article History
Received: 12 February 2019
Accepted: 3 May 2019
First Online: 10 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. I certify that there are no affiliations or involvement (either competitive or amiable) with any organization or entity with a direct financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript (e.g., employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, expert testimony, etc.). This work was supported by a Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research B14370007 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. The corresponding author had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.
: All the 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. The local Ethics Review Board of Showa University approved the study protocol (No. 149) according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All the cadavers were donated with the individuals’ consent. We conducted this research in accordance with the regulations concerning autopsies and the preservation of corpses, and concerning their donation for medical and dental education.