Matsuoka, Hiromichi
Iwase, Satoru
Miyaji, Tempei
Kawaguchi, Takashi
Ariyoshi, Keisuke
Oyamada, Shunsuke
Satomi, Eriko
Ishiki, Hiroto
Hasuo, Hideaki
Sakuma, Hiroko
Tokoro, Akihiro
Matsuda, Yoshinobu
Tahara, Kazuki
Otani, Hiroyuki
Ohtake, Yoichi
Tsukuura, Hiroaki
Matsumoto, Yoshihisa
Hasegawa, Yoshikazu
Kataoka, Yuki
Otsuka, Masatomo
Sakai, Kiyohiro
Nakura, Miki
Morita, Tatsuya
Yamaguchi, Takuhiro
Koyama, Atsuko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation (2013-A003)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (26860486)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (16ck0106059h0003)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (17ck0106328h0001, 18ck0106328h0002)
Article History
Received: 9 July 2019
Accepted: 16 October 2019
First Online: 25 November 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The protocol was approved by the institutional review board of each study site.
: Informed consent for participation in the trial was obtained from all patients.
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