Nakatani, Yoshihisa
Kawakami, Hisato http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3280-4850
Ichikawa, Masashi
Yamamoto, Sachiyo
Otsuka, Yasuo
Mashiko, Akiko
Takashima, Yasutoshi
Ito, Akihiko
Nakagawa, Kazuhiko
Arima, Shuji
Article History
Received: 9 March 2018
Accepted: 21 March 2018
First Online: 6 April 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Yoshihisa Nakatani declares that he has no conflict of interest. Hisato Kawakami has received honoraria from Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Masashi Ichikawa declares that he has no conflict of interest. Sachiyo Yamamoto declares that she has no conflict of interest. Yasuo Otsuka declares that he has no conflict of interest. Akiko Mashiko declares that she has no conflict of interest. Yasutoshi Takashima declares that he has no conflict of interest. Akihiko Ito declares that he has no conflict of interest. Kazuhiko Nakagawa has received honoraria and research funding from Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Bristol Myers Squibb Co. as well as consulting fees from Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Shuji Arima declares that he has no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.