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Congenital limb deficiency in Japan: a cross-sectional nationwide survey on its epidemiology

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-2195-3

Published Online: 2018-07-27

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Mano, Hiroshi

Fujiwara, Sayaka

Takamura, Kazuyuki

Kitoh, Hiroshi

Takayama, Shinichiro

Ogata, Tsutomu

Hashimoto, Shuji

Haga, Nobuhiko
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

research grants on Rare and Intractable Diseases of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (H26-Nanchitou(Nan)-Ippan-089, H27-Nanchitou(Nan)-Ippan-036)

JSPS KAKENHI (15K20945)
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Article History

Received: 2 October 2017

Accepted: 16 July 2018

First Online: 27 July 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo (ethical approval number: 11269). In Japan, personal information should be protected by the law of “Act on the Protection of Personal Information.” The information we collected in this study was not regarded as the personal information and the need for consent was deemed unnecessary by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo.

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