Kondo, Yasushi
Suzuki, Katsuya
Inoue, Yumiko
Sakata, Koumei
Takahashi, Chihiro
Takeshita, Masaru
Kassai, Yoshiaki
Miyazaki, Takahiro
Morita, Rimpei
Niki, Yasuo
Kaneko, Yuko
Yasuoka, Hidekata
Yamaoka, Kunihiro
Yoshimura, Akihiko
Takeuchi, Tsutomu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (25461484)
Article History
Received: 4 September 2018
Accepted: 20 December 2018
First Online: 10 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the ethics committee (number 20110258, 20130246, and 20140067) at Keio University Hospital.
: Not applicable,
: YaK has no competing interests. KaS has received research grants from Eisai, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Kissei Pharmaceutical, Daiichi-Sankyo. YK and TM are employees of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. TT has received research grants from Abbvie, Astra Zeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Eisai Pharmaceutical, Janssen Pharmaceutical, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Novartis, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Abbott Japan Co., Ltd., Astellas Pharma, Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo, Pfizer, Sanofi–Aventis, Santen Pharmaceutical, Teijin Pharma Ltd., Asahikasei Pharma Corp., SymBio Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Celtrion, Nipponkayaku Co. Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan, and Taisho Toyama Pharmaceutical.
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