Schlaeger, Judith M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3754-6176
Takakura, Nobuari
Yajima, Hiroyoshi
Takayama, Miho
Steffen, Alana D.
Gabzdyl, Elizabeth M.
Nisi, Robyn A.
McGowan Gruber, Kathleen
Bussell, Jason M.
Wilkie, Diana J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing Dean's Fund
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD091210-01A1)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP15K08938, JP16K09266, JP17K09329)
Article History
Received: 18 October 2017
Accepted: 22 March 2018
First Online: 13 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the University of Illinois at Chicago Institutional Review Board protocol number 2015-0692.
: Written consent was obtained by the subject portrayed in Fig. .
: N.T. and the Educational Foundation of Hanada Gakuen possess a US patent 6575992B1, a Canadian patent CA 2339223, a Korean patent 0478177, a Taiwan patent 150135, a Chinese patent ZL00800894.9 (Title: Safe needle, placebo needle and needle set for double blind), and two Japanese patents 4061397 (Title: Placebo needle, and needle set for double-blinding) and 4315353 (Title: Safe needle) on the needles described in this abstract. N.T. is a salaried employee of the Educational Foundation of Hanada Gakuen. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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