Hirakawa, Tomoko https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2584-9839
Nasu, Kaei
Aoyagi, Yoko
Takebayashi, Kanetoshi
Narahara, Hisashi
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (13237327, 23592407)
Article History
Received: 19 April 2017
Accepted: 28 June 2017
First Online: 18 July 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Oita University (registration number: P-16-01). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients.
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