Wada, Hideo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9021-8633
Matsumoto, Takeshi
Suzuki, Kei
Imai, Hiroshi
Katayama, Naoyuki
Iba, Toshiaki
Matsumoto, Masanori
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
Article History
Received: 23 January 2018
Accepted: 21 March 2018
First Online: 11 July 2018
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