Suzuki, Naoki http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-8554
Kato, Masaaki
Warita, Hitoshi
Izumi, Rumiko
Tateyama, Maki
Kuroda, Hiroshi
Asada, Ryuta
Suzuki, Akifumi
Yamaguchi, Takuhiro
Nishino, Ichizo
Aoki, Masashi
Article History
Received: 10 May 2018
Accepted: 30 August 2018
First Online: 6 September 2018
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: The study protocol (including patient sample collection) was approved by the ethics committee of Tohoku University Hospital. Informed consent was obtained from all patients.
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