Tanaka, Nobumichi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9242-7877
Nakai, Yasushi
Miyake, Makito
Anai, Satoshi
Inoue, Takeshi
Fujii, Tomomi
Konishi, Noboru
Fujimoto, Kiyohide
Article History
Received: 23 May 2016
Accepted: 28 August 2017
First Online: 2 September 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Medical Ethics Committee of Nara Medical University approved this retrospective study, and it was exempted from obtaining informed consent from the patients in consideration of the aim and methods of the study.Reference number: NMU-594-2.
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