Otomi, Yoichi
Otsuka, Hideki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7165-6099
Terazawa, Kaori
Yamanaka, Moriaki
Obama, Yuki
Arase, Maki
Otomo, Maki
Irahara, Saho
Kubo, Michiko
Uyama, Naoto
Abe, Takashi
Harada, Masafumi
Article History
Received: 29 January 2018
Accepted: 28 November 2018
First Online: 10 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in compliance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Tokushima University Hospital (No. 2742). The ethics committee waived the need for informed consent specifically, and approved the procedure of alerting patients about the study via the notice board at the hospital.
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