Mori, Takashi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1566-119X
Izumi, Shinichi
Suzukamo, Yoshimi
Okazaki, Tatsuma
Iketani, Susumu
Article History
Received: 19 March 2019
Accepted: 19 July 2019
First Online: 16 August 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Takashi Mori received article processing charge from HEALTH TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Shinichi Izumi, Yoshimi Suzumkamo, Tatsuma Okazaki, and Susumu Iketani declare no conflicts of interest.
: Ethical committee of Southern Tohoku General Hospital and Tohoku University approved this study. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: All patients were given documents and provided written informed consent prior to enrollment. Additional informed consent was obtained from all individual participants for whom identifying information is included in this article.