Kobayashi, Shinichiro
Kanetaka, Kengo
Nagata, Yasuhiro
Nakayama, Masahiko
Matsumoto, Ryo
Takatsuki, Mitsuhisa
Eguchi, Susumu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15H06503, 17K16569)
Article History
Received: 12 July 2017
Accepted: 23 February 2018
First Online: 6 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Nagasaki University Hospital (16082215). The written informed consent from the patients was waved from the Ethics Committee because the information on the opportunity to opt out was presented on the web site (ExternalRef removed).
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: Shinichiro Kobayashi, Kengo Kanetaka, Yasuhiro Nagata, Masahiko Nakayama, Ryo Matsumoto, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, and Susumu Eguchi do not have any financial relationships relevant to this publication to disclose.
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