Hayashi-Sakai, Sachiko
Sakamoto, Makoto
Hayashi, Takafumi
Kondo, Tatsuya
Sugita, Kaito
Sakai, Jun
Shimomura-Kuroki, Junko
Ike, Makiko
Nikkuni, Yutaka
Nishiyama, Hideyoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (17K11665)
Article History
Received: 11 December 2017
Accepted: 29 December 2017
First Online: 16 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: Sachiko Hayashi-Sakai, Makoto Sakamoto, Takafumi Hayashi, Kaito Sugita, Jun Sakai, Junko Shimomura-Kuroki, Makiko Ike, Yutaka Nikkuni and Hideyoshi Nishiyama declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.