Suzuki, Yukio
Tokinaga-Uchiyama, Aya
Mizushima, Taichi
Maruyama, Yasuyo
Mogami, Tae
Shikata, Nahoko
Ikeda, Atsuko
Yamamoto, Hiroshi
Miyagi, Etsuko http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2178-6562
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Article History
Received: 22 January 2018
Accepted: 30 September 2018
First Online: 12 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee of the Yokohama City University School of Medicine (No. B150801035) as an industry-academia collaborative project. We collected informed consent forms from all patients.
: Not applicable.
: EM has a grant from Ajinomoto Co., Inc. for this study. YS, AT, TMi, YM, and TMo declare that they have no competing interests. NS, AI, and HY are currently employees of Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
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