Shimizu, Kentaro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0631-9365
Yamada, Tomoki
Ogura, Hiroshi
Mohri, Tomoyoshi
Kiguchi, Takeyuki
Fujimi, Satoshi
Asahara, Takashi
Yamada, Tomomi
Ojima, Masahiro
Ikeda, Mitsunori
Shimazu, Takeshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grants from the Ministry for Education, Science, and Culture of Japan
Article History
Received: 12 December 2017
Accepted: 24 August 2018
First Online: 27 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the institutional review board of Osaka University. Informed consent was obtained from the family of each patient. The clinical trial registry number is UMIN R000007633.
: Not applicable.
: The authors co-worked with the Yakult Central Institute to evaluate the fecal samples. The authors received no research funds from the Yakult Central Institute.
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