Asano, Yuka
Kashiwagi, Shinichiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0460-9599
Goto, Wataru
Takada, Koji
Takahashi, Katsuyuki
Hatano, Takaharu
Noda, Satoru
Takashima, Tsutomu
Onoda, Naoyoshi
Tomita, Shuhei
Motomura, Hisashi
Ohsawa, Masahiko
Hirakawa, Kosei
Ohira, Masaichi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (26461957, 25461992)
Article History
Received: 9 June 2017
Accepted: 14 December 2017
First Online: 28 December 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects. This research conformed to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki in 2013. All patients were informed of the investigational nature of this study and provided their written, informed consent. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Osaka City University (#926).
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