Kato, Keizo
Abe, Hiroshi
Hanawa, Noriko
Fukuzawa, Junya
Matsuo, Ryota
Yonezawa, Takeshi
Itoh, Sadahiro
Sato, Yoshiyuki
Ika, Makiko
Shimizu, Shohei
Endo, Shinji
Hano, Hiroshi
Izu, Asami
Sugitani, Masahiko
Tsubota, Akihito
Article History
Received: 21 November 2017
Accepted: 18 March 2018
First Online: 27 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Keizo Kato, Hiroshi Abe, Noriko Hanawa, Junya Fukuzawa, Ryota Matsuo, Takeshi Yonezawa, Sadahiro Ito, Yoshiyuki Sato, Makiko Ika, Shohei Shimizu, Shinji Endo, Hiroshi Hano, Asami Izu, Masahiko Sugitani, and Akihito Tsubota 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 being included in the study.