Noguchi, Tomoyuki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8054-5099
Higa, Daichi
Asada, Takashi
Kawata, Yusuke
Machitori, Akihiro
Shida, Yoshitaka
Okafuji, Takashi
Yokoyama, Kota
Uchiyama, Fumiya
Tajima, Tsuyoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K10333)
Article History
Received: 4 July 2018
Accepted: 14 September 2018
First Online: 19 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: We wish to confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with this publication and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome.
: This study was approved by our hospital's institutional review board, which waived the need for written informed consent from the patients in light of the retrospective study design.