Hirashima, Noboru
Iwase, Hiroaki
Shimada, Masaaki
Ryuge, Nobumitsu
Imamura, Junji
Ikeda, Hiroki
Tanaka, Yasuhito
Matsumoto, Nobuyuki
Okuse, Chiaki
Itoh, Fumio
Yokomaku, Yoshiyuki
Watanabe, Tsunamasa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Article History
Received: 13 August 2016
Accepted: 7 October 2016
First Online: 20 October 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Noboru Hirashima, Hiroaki Iwase, Masaaki Shimada, Nobumitsu Ryuge, Junji Imamura, Hiroki Ikeda, Yasuhito Tanaka, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Chiaki Okuse, Fumio Itoh, Yoshiyuki Yokomaku and Tsunamasa Watanabe declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures followed have been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients for inclusion in the study.