Aoki, Michiko
Kang, Dedong
Katayama, Akira
Kuwahara, Naomi
Nagasaka, Shinya
Endo, Yoko
Terasaki, Mika
Kunugi, Shinobu
Terasaki, Yasuhiro
Shimizu, Akira
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science C (No. 17K09717)
Article History
Received: 23 November 2017
Accepted: 4 January 2018
First Online: 25 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists.
: The protocol of this study was approved by the Clinical Study Ethics Review Board of Nippon Medical School. This study was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and Istanbul.
: Prior to the study, informed consent was obtained from all patients (Clinical Study Ethics Review Board of Nippon Medical School, approval no. 28-12-679).