Yoshimura, Ichiro http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7422-8372
Uchida, Hideaki
Nakayama, Akinori
Takatama, Katsuhiko
Yoshida, Toshio
Article History
Received: 11 May 2018
Accepted: 4 July 2018
First Online: 7 July 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Ichiro Yoshimura, Hideaki Uchida, Akinori Nakayama, Katsuhiko Takatama, and Toshio Yoshida declare that they have no conflict of interest, including specific financial interests or relationships and affiliations relevant to the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript.
: All procedures were in accordance with the ethical standards of the response committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.