Sakakura, Yousuke
Kamei, Masataka
Sakamoto, Ryota
Morii, Hideyuki
Itoh-Masui, Asami
Kawamoto, Eiji
Imai, Hiroshi
Miyabe, Masayuki
Shimaoka, Motomu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K10957)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17K11049)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15K16257)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K20387)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18K08917)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18K08916)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18H02622)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K15759)
Article History
Received: 30 May 2018
Accepted: 26 November 2018
First Online: 4 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol for this study was approved by the Internal Review Board (IRB) of Mie University Graduate School of Medicine (Tsu-city, Mie, Japan: #3028). Written informed consent to participate in this study was obtained from all subjects.
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