Shibutani, Masatsune
Maeda, Kiyoshi
Nagahara, Hisashi
Fukuoka, Tatsunari
Matsutani, Shinji
Kashiwagi, Shinichiro
Tanaka, Hiroaki
Hirakawa, Kosei
Ohira, Masaichi
Article History
Received: 4 September 2017
Accepted: 21 March 2018
First Online: 3 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This research conformed to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki. All patients were informed of the investigational nature of this study and provided their written informed consent. This retrospective study was approved by the ethics committee of Osaka City University (approval No.3853).
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