Aiko, Naoto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3368-2031
Shimokawa, Tsuneo
Miyazaki, Kazuhito
Misumi, Yuki
Agemi, Yoko
Ishii, Mari
Nakamura, Yukiko
Yamanaka, Takeharu
Okamoto, Hiroaki
Article History
Received: 12 September 2017
Accepted: 8 October 2018
First Online: 22 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This retrospective study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan (Approval Number: 17–11-06). The requirement for informed consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of the study.
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