Shimoda, Yuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2372-7064
Ubukata, Yasunari
Handa, Tadashi
Yokobori, Takehiko
Watanabe, Takayoshi
Gantumur, Dolgormaa
Hagiwara, Kei
Yamanaka, Takahiro
Tsukagoshi, Mariko
Igarashi, Takamichi
Watanabe, Akira
Kubo, Norio
Araki, Kenichiro
Harimoto, Norifumi
Katayama, Ayaka
Hikino, Toshiaki
Sano, Takaaki
Ogata, Kyoichi
Kuwano, Hiroyuki
Shirabe, Ken
Oyama, Tetsunari
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15K08339)
Article History
Received: 14 January 2018
Accepted: 11 May 2018
First Online: 25 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Gunma University school of medicine ethical review board for medical research involving human subjects (Permit Number: 150044). Written informed consent for the collection of specimens and the use of specimens for this study was obtained from all participating patients.
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