Shimizu, Jun
Kubota, Takao
Takada, Erika
Takai, Kenji
Fujiwara, Naruyoshi
Arimitsu, Nagisa
Ueda, Yuji
Wakisaka, Sueshige
Suzuki, Tomoko
Suzuki, Noboru
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17K10009)
Article History
Received: 11 July 2018
Revised: 22 December 2018
Accepted: 27 December 2018
First Online: 9 January 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
: This study was approved by the institutional review boards of St. Marianna University School of Medicine and was registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network-Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN000018937). We conducted this research according to the principles expressed in the Declaration of Helsinki. We obtained written informed consent from each individual prior to enrolment in the study. A copy of the written consent is available for review upon request.
: The authors have no conflict of interest.