Esaki, Mitsuru http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7353-2153
Suzuki, Sho
Hayashi, Yasuyo
Yokoyama, Azusa
Abe, Shuichi
Hosokawa, Taizo
Tsuruta, Shinichi
Minoda, Yosuke
Hata, Yoshitaka
Ogino, Haruei
Akiho, Hirotada
Ihara, Eikichi
Ogawa, Yoshihiro
Article History
Received: 28 May 2018
Accepted: 31 July 2018
First Online: 6 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We conducted this study in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This study protocol was approved by the institutional review board of the Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center on November 18, 2016 (no. 201701056). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before treatment in accordance with the institutional protocol.
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