Yoshimura, Shuntaro
Mori, Kazuhiko
Yamagata, Yukinori
Aikou, Susumu
Yagi, Koichi
Nishida, Masato
Yamashita, Hiroharu
Nomura, Sachiyo
Seto, Yasuyuki
Article History
Received: 12 July 2017
Accepted: 3 October 2017
First Online: 1 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The contributions of the authors to this study are as described here: Shuntaro Yoshimura, Kazuhiko Mori, and Yasuyuki Seto are the authors mainly responsible for the study’s conception and design, acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of data. Yukinori Yamagata, Susumu Aikou, Koichi Yagi, Masato Nishida, Hiroharu Yamashita, and Sachiyo Nomura contributed mainly to the drafting of the article and to revising it critically for important intellectual content. Yasuyuki Seto contributed most importantly by giving final approval to the version to be submitted and revised versions to be published. Drs. Shuntaro Yoshimura, Kazuhiko Mori, Yukinori Yamagata, Susumu Aikou, Koichi Yagi, Masato Nishida, Hiroharu Yamashita, Sachiyo Nomura, and Yasuyuki Seto have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.