Ohtsuru, Tadahiko
Morita, Yuji
Murata, Yasuaki
Munakata, Yutaro
Itoh, Masafumi
Kato, Yoshiharu
Okazaki, Ken
Article History
Received: 16 August 2017
Accepted: 18 December 2017
First Online: 13 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Tadahiko Ohtsuru, Yuji Morita, Yasuaki Murata, Yutaro Munakata, Masafumi Itoh, Yoshiharu Kato, and Ken Okazaki declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved on May 12, 2017 by the Ethics Committee of Tokyo Women’s University (Reference Number 4367) and was performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients, who were fully informed that their data would be submitted for publication.