Hoshino, Eri
Ohde, Sachiko
Rahman, Mahbubur
Takahashi, Osamu
Fukui, Tsuguya
Deshpande, Gautam A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
a research grant from St. Luke’s Life Science Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Article History
Received: 6 February 2018
Accepted: 14 December 2018
First Online: 27 December 2018
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: Ethics approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee of St Luke’s International University (#15-R142). Written informed consent was obtained from participants prior to conducting the study.
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