Yoshimatsu, K. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0062-2753
Gamage, C. D.
Sarathkumara, Y. D.
Kulendiran, T.
Muthusinghe, D. S.
Nanayakkara, N.
Gunarathne, L.
Shimizu, K.
Tsuda, Y.
Arikawa, J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15K08796)
National Research Council of Sri Lanka (TO 14-05)
Article History
Received: 25 July 2018
Accepted: 19 September 2018
First Online: 4 October 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethical Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2016/EC/64), and was also approved by the Ethical Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan (M17-023). Patient/participant consent was obtained prior to recruitment into the study.
: We declare that we have no conflict of interest.