Hirashio, Shuma
Satoh, Ayaka
Arima, Takahiro
Mandai, Kouichi
Awaya, Tadasuke
Oshima, Kumi
Hara, Shigeo
Masaki, Takao
Article History
Received: 20 September 2017
Accepted: 22 April 2018
First Online: 3 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted according to the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and all procedures involving human subjects were approved by the ethics committee of National Hospital Organization Higashihiroshima Medical Center (reference number: 29–41). The participant signed a letter of informed consent to allow his data to be stored, as required by the National Hospital Organization Higashihiroshima Medical Center.
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