Tanaka, Yoshihiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0300-7924
Ueno, Takao
Yoshida, Naoya
Akutsu, Yasunori
Takeuchi, Hiroya
Baba, Hideo
Matsubara, Hisahiro
Kitagawa, Yuko
Yoshida, Kazuhiro
Article History
Received: 12 December 2017
Accepted: 15 May 2018
First Online: 31 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This work conforms to the guidelines set forth in the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5), concerning Human and Animal Rights, and the authors followed the policy concerning Informed Consent.
: Dr. Yoshida reports Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from EA Pharma Co., Ltd., Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Sanofi, Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., Grants from Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Chugai Pharm. Co., Ltd., Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Taiho Pharm. Co., Ltd., Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Takeda Pharm. Co., Ltd., Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Ono Pharm. Co., Ltd., Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Merck Serono Co., Ltd., Grants, personal fees and non-financial support from Novartis Pharma K.K., outside of the submitted work. Dr. Kitagawa reports Grants and honoraria from Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., Taiho Pharm. Co., Ltd., Grants from Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., honoraria from Sanofi K.K., Phizer Co., Ltd., Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. and Bristol-Myers Squibb, outside of the submitted work. Dr. Matsubara reports Grants from EA Pharma Co., Ltd., Yakult Honsha co., Ltd., Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. and Taiho Pharma Co., Ltd., outside of the submitted work. Dr. Baba reports Grants from EA Pharma Co., Ltd., outside of the submitted work.
: The written informed consent was obtained from all of the patients.