Liles, Veni R.
Pangilinan, Lady-Anne S.
Daroy, Maria Luisa G.
Dimamay, Maria Terrese A.
Reyes, Rachel S.
Bulusan, Mick Kelvin
Dimamay, Mark Pierre S.
Luna, Paolo Antonio S.
Mercado, Abigail
Bai, Gaowa
Chagan-Yasutan, Haorile
Takarada, Yutaka
Kawase, Mitsuo
Hattori, Toshio http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0947-7625
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tohoku Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JP17H01690)
Article History
Received: 16 October 2018
Accepted: 5 December 2018
First Online: 24 January 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Review Committee, EC No. CT-17010, and conducted in St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.