Shikuma, Akira
Sawada, Takahisa
Uchiyama, Hitoji
Shiraishi, Jun
Oshiro, Muneo
Kawaji, Yuka
Koshi, Nariko
Article History
Received: 3 September 2018
Revised: 20 November 2018
Accepted: 26 November 2018
First Online: 30 November 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Akira Shikuma, Takahisa Sawada, Hitoji Uchiyama, Jun Shiraishi, Muneo Oshiro, Yuka Kawaji and Nariko Koshi declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later revisions.
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.