Ito, Kazato
Abe, Yukio
Watanabe, Hiroyuki
Shimada, Yoshihisa
Shibayama, Kentaro
Oe, Hiroki
Hyodo, Eiichi
Miyazaki, Chinami
Takahashi, Yosuke
Shibata, Toshihiko
Ito, Hiroshi
Article History
Received: 2 August 2018
Revised: 19 November 2018
Accepted: 7 December 2018
First Online: 19 December 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Kazato Ito, Yukio Abe, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Yoshihisa Shimada, Kentaro Shibayama, Hiroki Oe, Eiichi Hyodo, Chinami Miyazaki, Yosuke Takahashi, Toshihiko Shibata, and Hiroshi Ito declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Human rights statements and informed consent: 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.