Matsuo, Yasumasa
Yamamoto, Hiroyuki
Sato, Yoshinori
Oikawa, Ritsuko
Maehata, Tadateru
Fujino, Takashi
Yahagi, Naohisa
Yasuda, Hiroshi
Takagi, Masayuki
Itoh, Fumio
Article History
Received: 26 January 2018
Accepted: 28 March 2018
First Online: 31 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Yasumasa Matsuo, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Yoshinori Sato, Ritsuko Oikawa, Tadateru Maehata, Takashi Fujino, Naohisa Yahagi, Hiroshi Yasuda, Masayuki Takagi, and Fumio Itoh 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.