Umeda, Hiromi
Isotani, Akihiro
Arita, Takeshi
Kudo, Tamami
Matsunaga, Terufumi
Otsuji, Yutaka
Hanyu, Michiya
Article History
Received: 29 August 2017
Revised: 19 March 2018
Accepted: 26 March 2018
First Online: 5 April 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Hiromi Umeda, Akihiro Isotani, Takeshi Arita, Tamami Kudo, Terufumi Matsunaga, Yutaka Otsuji, and Michiya Hanyu 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 (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later revisions.
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.