Amano, Tsukuru
Chano, Tokuhiro
Isono, Takahiro
Kimura, Fuminori
Kushima, Ryoji
Murakami, Takashi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI Grant Number JP16k20187.)
Article History
Received: 29 November 2018
Accepted: 15 January 2019
First Online: 30 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research protocol was approved by the Shiga University of Medical Science Research Ethics Committee (reference number: 29-178). Written informed consent for using the tissue samples was obtained from the 61 patients.
: We have obtained consent for publication from the patients.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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