Kikukawa, Takayuki
Abe, Takato http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4185-5254
Ataka, Suzuka
Saito, Haruna
Hasegawa, Itsuki
Mino, Toshikazu
Takeuchi, Jun
Kawabe, Joji
Wada, Yasuhiro
Watanabe, Yasuyoshi
Itoh, Yoshiaki
Article History
Received: 18 March 2018
Accepted: 14 June 2018
First Online: 23 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The present clinical study design was approved by the research ethics committee of the Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine (IRB# 689). Written consent was obtained from all the study participants or from their next of kin.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.