Goto, Takuma
Fujiya, Mikihiro
Konishi, Hiroaki
Sasajima, Junpei
Fujibayashi, Shugo
Hayashi, Akihiro
Utsumi, Tatsuya
Sato, Hiroki
Iwama, Takuya
Ijiri, Masami
Sakatani, Aki
Tanaka, Kazuyuki
Nomura, Yoshiki
Ueno, Nobuhiro
Kashima, Shin
Moriichi, Kentaro
Mizukami, Yusuke
Kohgo, Yutaka
Okumura, Toshikatsu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Scientific Research from Japan Society (15K19305)
Article History
Received: 16 March 2017
Accepted: 18 January 2018
First Online: 31 January 2018
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: This retrospective study was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Asahikawa Medical University. (Number: 1303). All patients have provided written informed consent for their information to be stored and used in the hospital database.
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