Naganawa, Shotaro
Enooku, Kenichiro
Tateishi, Ryosuke
Akai, Hiroyuki
Yasaka, Koichiro
Shibahara, Junji
Ushiku, Tetsuo
Abe, Osamu
Ohtomo, Kuni
Kiryu, Shigeru http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1440-9483
Article History
Received: 29 September 2017
Revised: 10 December 2017
Accepted: 20 December 2017
First Online: 5 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Shigeru Kiryu.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Authors S.N. and S.K. have significant statistical expertise.
: The need for written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • retrospective• diagnostic study• performed at one institution