Tabei, Tadashi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1416-4877
Nakaigawa, Noboru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7228-3447
Kaneta, Tomohiro
Ikeda, Ichiro
Kondo, Keiichi
Makiyama, Kazuhide
Hasumi, Hisashi
Hayashi, Narihiko
Kawahara, Takashi
Izumi, Koji
Osaka, Kimito
Muraoka, Kentaro
Teranishi, Jun-ichi
Miyoshi, Yasuhide
Yumura, Yasushi
Uemura, Hiroji
Kobayashi, Kazuki
Inoue, Tomio
Yao, Masahiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan (No. 16K11021)
Article History
Received: 1 November 2017
Accepted: 25 March 2019
First Online: 2 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approval was obtain from the Human Research Ethics Committee of Yokohama City University, IRB Reference Number B110512006. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients for enrollment in this study.
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