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Authors
Katayama, Kayoko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6237-5850
Higuchi, Akio
Yamamoto, Hiroshi
Ikeda, Atsuko
Kikuchi, Shinya
Shiozawa, Manabu
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
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Article History
Received: 19 June 2017
Accepted: 12 February 2018
First Online: 21 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the study protocol was approved by the KCC Research Ethical Committee (ethics no. 174/revised edition: 28-ken-54). Voluntary written consent was obtained from all patients.
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: The authors have read the journal’s policy and report the following conflicts: HY, AI, and SK are employees of Ajinomoto, Co., Inc. KK received research grants from Ajinomoto, Co., Inc. These conflicts of interests do not alter the authors’ adherence to the journal’s policies on sharing data and materials.
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