Nawata, Takashi
Kubo, Makoto
Nomura, Takafumi
Oishi, Keiji
Shiragami, Kosaku
Ikegami, Tadayoshi
Okada, Munemasa
Kobayashi, Shigeki
Yano, Masafumi
Article History
Received: 7 January 2018
Accepted: 19 March 2018
First Online: 27 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This retrospective study was approved by the Ethics Committee at Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine in Ube, Japan. The need for informed consent was waived because of the study’s retrospective design.
: Not applicable.
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