Sekimizu, Masahiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9438-2673
Iguchi, Akihiro
Mori, Tetsuya
Koga, Yuhki
Kada, Akiko
Saito, Akiko M.
Horibe, Keizo
Article History
Received: 30 May 2016
Accepted: 24 January 2018
First Online: 1 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The trial was approved by the institutional review boards of each participating institution (Nagoya Medical Center, Hokkaido University Hospital, St. Marianna University School of Medicine and Kyushu University Hospital).Written informed consent is obtained from every patient prior to participation in the trial.
: Not applicable.
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