Nishie, Hirotada http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2055-6519
Kataoka, Hiromi
Kato, Hiroyuki
Suzuki, Taketo
Ichikawa, Hiroshi
Nojiri, Yu
Kitagawa, Mika
Inagaki, Yusuke
Iwasaki, Hiroyasu
Tanaka, Mamoru
Katano, Takahito
Okamoto, Yasuyuki
Ozeki, Keiji
Mizoshita, Tsutomu
Shimura, Takaya
Kubota, Eiji
Tanida, Satoshi
Joh, Takashi
Article History
Received: 1 November 2017
Accepted: 8 February 2018
First Online: 16 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Hirotada Nishie, Hiromi Kataoka, Hiroyuki Kato, Taketo Suzuki, Hiroshi Ichikawa, Yu Nojiri, Mika Kitagawa, Yusuke Inagaki, Hiroyasu Iwasaki, Mamoru Tanaka, Takahito Katano, Yasuyuki Okamoto, Keiji Ozeki, Tsutomu Mizoshita, Takaya Shimura, Eiji Kubota, Satoshi Tanida and Takashi Joh 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 and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008(5).
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients to be included in the study.