Endo, Hironobu
Sekiguchi, Kenji http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4100-7316
Shimada, Hitoshi
Ueda, Takehiro
Kowa, Hisatomo
Kanda, Fumio
Toda, Tatsushi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K09717, Young Scientists (A) (26713031))
Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
Article History
Received: 21 October 2017
Revised: 26 December 2017
Accepted: 29 December 2017
First Online: 22 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
: The medical ethical committee of the Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine allowed this study without sign by the patient. We collected data from medical record which were a part of general medical examination for research purposes. The patient information sufficiently anonymised. In addition, if the patient recognize by any chance, we have been posted the information on the hospital website. On the website, we are providing patients with the opportunity to opt out.