Yamada, Tomoko
Fukuoka, Hidenori http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9255-653X
Hosokawa, Yusei
Odake, Yukiko
Yoshida, Kenichi
Matsumoto, Ryusaku
Bando, Hironori
Okada, Yuko
Hirota, Yushi
Iguchi, Genzo
Ogawa, Wataru
Takahashi, Yutaka
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science and Technology Innovative Research Team in Higher Educational Institutions of Hunan Province (1)
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (research on hypothalamic-hypophyseal disorders) from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan (2)
Article History
Received: 14 January 2020
Accepted: 31 August 2020
First Online: 11 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and its amendments, and it was approved by the institutional review boards of the participating facilities (Kobe University Hospital ethical committee; IRB #1351). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests” in this section.