Nitta, Manabu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2834-1248
Sugano, Teruyasu
Shigenaga, Atsuichiro
Noda, Hikari
Machida, Daisuke
Mo, Makoto
Masuda, Munetaka
Article History
Received: 12 July 2018
Revised: 26 July 2018
Accepted: 29 July 2018
First Online: 7 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Manabu Nitta, Teruyasu Sugano, Atsuichiro Shigenaga, Hikari Noda, Daisuke Machida, Makoto Mo, and Munetaka Masuda 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.