Hiroyoshi, Junko
Yamashita, Suguru
Tanaka, Mariko
Hayashi, Akimasa
Ushiku, Tetsuo
Kaneko, Junichi
Akamatsu, Nobuhisa
Arita, Junichi
Sakamoto, Yoshihiro
Hasegawa, Kiyoshi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8734-740X
Funding for this research was provided by:
JSPS KAKENHI (17K16532)
Tokyo Society of Medical Sciences
Article History
Received: 22 February 2018
Accepted: 30 March 2018
First Online: 9 April 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Junko Hiroyoshi, Mariko Tanaka, Akimasa Hayashi, Tetsuo Ushiku, Junichi Kaneko, Nobuhisa Akamatsu, Junichi Arita, Yoshihiro Sakamoto and Kiyoshi Hasegawa declare that they have no conflict of interest. Suguru Yamashita received a research grant from JSPS KAKENHI(17K16532) and Tokyo Society of Medical Science.
: 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.