Kitajima, Kazuhiro
Okada, Masaya
Kashiwagi, Toru
Yoshihara, Kyoko
Tokugawa, Tazuko
Sawada, Akihiro
Yoshihara, Satoshi
Fujimori, Yoshihiro
Yamakado, Koichiro
Article History
Received: 8 October 2018
Revised: 14 February 2019
Accepted: 6 March 2019
First Online: 21 March 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Koichiro Yamakado.
: 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.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Informed consent was obtained from each patient after the procedure details were fully explained.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution