Shirozu, Kazuhiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2290-3764
Fujimura, Naoyuki
Karashima, Yuji
Ikeda, Mizuko
Kitada, Hidehisa
Okabe, Yasuhiro
Kurihara, Kei
Henzan, Tomoko
Hoka, Sumio
Article History
Received: 23 March 2018
Accepted: 30 May 2018
First Online: 19 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the institutional clinical research ethics committee (IRB: Clinical Research number #26–286, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan) and registered at UMIN-CTR (UMIN000018355). Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in this study.
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