Takai-Igarashi, Takako https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4018-8613
Kinoshita, Kengo
Nagasaki, Masao
Ogishima, Soichi
Nakamura, Naoki
Nagase, Sachiko
Nagaie, Satoshi
Saito, Tomo
Nagami, Fuji
Minegishi, Naoko
Suzuki, Yoichi
Suzuki, Kichiya
Hashizume, Hiroaki
Kuriyama, Shinichi
Hozawa, Atsushi
Yaegashi, Nobuo
Kure, Shigeo
Tamiya, Gen
Kawaguchi, Yoshio
Tanaka, Hiroshi
Yamamoto, Masayuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Article History
Received: 7 September 2016
Accepted: 27 June 2017
First Online: 6 July 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The cohort studies and construction of the TMM biobank were approved by the ethics committee of the Tohoku University (authorization numbers 2012–1-616, 2012–1-617, and 2013–1-103). Written informed consent was given by all volunteers after individual interview by our trained research coordinators upon the donation of biospecimens and health data.
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