Shimizu, Shinobu
Yamamoto, Tokunori
Nakayama, Shinobu
Hirakawa, Akihiro
Kuwatsuka, Yachiyo
Funahashi, Yasuhito
Matsukawa, Yoshihisa
Takanari, Keisuke
Toriyama, Kazuhiro
Kamei, Yuzuru
Narimoto, Kazutaka
Yamanishi, Tomonori
Ishizuka, Osamu
Mizuno, Masaaki
Gotoh, Momokazu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Article History
Received: 5 August 2016
Accepted: 20 September 2017
First Online: 25 September 2017
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