Araki, Syunsuke
Miki, Atsushi
Goto, Katsutoshi
Yamashita, Tsutomu
Takizawa, Go
Haruishi, Kazuko
Yoneda, Tsuyoshi
Ieki, Yoshiaki
Kiryu, Junichi
Maehara, Goro
Yaoeda, Kiyoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17K04506)
Article History
Received: 9 April 2018
Accepted: 21 August 2018
First Online: 31 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board committee of Kawasaki Medical School (registration no: 2458–1). Additionally, informed consent for the examinations was obtained from each patient or one of the parents of each patient.
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