Ohfuji, Satoko
Ito, Kazuya
Inoue, Megumi
Ishibashi, Motoki
Kumashiro, Hiroko
Hirota, Yoshio
Kayano, Eiji
Ota, Naoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University
Article History
Received: 13 November 2018
Accepted: 11 January 2019
First Online: 28 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocols were approved by the Clinical Study Review Board of SOUSEIKAI (No. 1668CP) and BIKEN Ethical and COI Review Board (No.16–03), and was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants received an explanation of the study from their physician and provided written, informed consent prior to participation.
: Not applicable.
: EK and NO are members of the Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University (funding company). Other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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