Takahashi, Keita
Takeuchi, Hideyuki
Kurihara, Yuji
Doi, Hiroshi
Kunii, Misako
Tanaka, Kenichi
Nakamura, Haruko
Fukai, Ryoko
Tomita-Katsumoto, Atsuko
Tada, Mikiko
Higashiyama, Yuichi
Joki, Hideto
Koyano, Shigeru
Takei, Kohtaro
Tanaka, Fumiaki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology of Japan
Grants-in Aid from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
a grant for Research and Development Project III of Yokohama City University
grants for medical research from Takeda Science Foundation for Visionary Research
Astellas Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders
Article History
Received: 12 July 2017
Accepted: 1 February 2018
First Online: 17 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Yokohama City University Hospital (approval number: B121101045). Informed consent was obtained from each participant according to the research ethics of our university hospital.
: Not applicable.
: Research funds were obtained from the Cosmic Corporation. The sponsors had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. No other conflict of interest exists.
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