Matsuoka, Hiromichi
Tsurutani, Junji
Chiba, Yasutaka
Fujita, Yoshihiko
Terashima, Masato
Yoshida, Takeshi
Sakai, Kiyohiro
Otake, Yoichi
Koyama, Atsuko
Nishio, Kazuto
Nakagawa, Kazuhiko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (15ck0106060h0002)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (201438056A)
Article History
Received: 17 June 2016
Accepted: 28 September 2017
First Online: 6 October 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Institutional review board approvals were obtained from the ethical committee of the Kindai University Faculty of Medicine and Sakai City Medical Center. (reference numbers 26–130 and 1604, respectively). The RELIEF study is published under UMIN000015579. All patients are required to provide written informed consent. The study will be performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the International Conference on Harmonization and Good Clinical Practice.
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