Takada, Koji
Kashiwagi, Shinichiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0460-9599
Goto, Wataru
Asano, Yuka
Takahashi, Katsuyuki
Hatano, Takaharu
Takashima, Tsutomu
Tomita, Shuhei
Motomura, Hisashi
Ohsawa, Masahiko
Hirakawa, Kosei
Ohira, Masaichi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (25461992, 26461957, 17K10559)
Article History
Received: 16 December 2017
Revised: 15 June 2018
Accepted: 2 July 2018
First Online: 23 July 2018
Availability of data and material
: The data and materials used and analyzed in the current study are available from the corresponding author on request.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects. This research conformed to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki in 2013. All patients were informed of the investigational nature of this study and provided their written, informed consent. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Osaka City University (#926).
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
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