Arai, Hiroyuki
Iwasa, Satoru
Boku, Narikazu
Kawahira, Masahiro
Yasui, Hirofumi
Masuishi, Toshiki
Muro, Kei
Minashi, Keiko
Hironaka, Shuichi
Fukuda, Naoki
Takahari, Daisuke
Nakajima, Takako Eguchi
Article History
Received: 28 September 2018
Accepted: 15 May 2019
First Online: 3 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This retrospective study was approved by Institutional Review Board (Ethics Committee, St. Marianna University School of Medicine) in accordance with the Japanese Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before treatment initiation.
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