Ninomiya, Kiichiro
Ohashi, Kadoaki
Makimoto, Go
Tomida, Shuta
Higo, Hisao
Kayatani, Hiroe
Ninomiya, Takashi
Kubo, Toshio
Ichihara, Eiki
Hotta, Katsuyuki
Tabata, Masahiro
Maeda, Yoshinobu
Kiura, Katsuyuki
Article History
Received: 5 October 2017
Accepted: 16 January 2018
First Online: 31 January 2018
Competing Interests
: K.O. received a research grant from Boehringer-Ingelheim and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Japan. K.H. received honoraria from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly Japan, Daiichi-Sankyo Pharmaceutical, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Nihon Kayaku, Taiho Pharmaceutical, Chugai Pharmaceutical, and Sanofi-Aventis. K.H. also received research funding from Eli Lilly Japan, MSD, and Chugai Pharmaceuticals. K.K. received honoraria from Eli Lilly Japan, Nihon Kayaku, AstraZeneca, Daiichi-Sankyo Pharmaceuticals, Chugai Pharmaceuticals, Taiho Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer-Ingelheim, and Sanofi-Aventis. All other authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this study.