Imamura, Michiko
Morimoto, Takashi
Nomura, Takashi
Michishita, Shintaro
Nishimukai, Arisa
Higuchi, Tomoko
Fujimoto, Yukie
Miyagawa, Yoshimasa
Kira, Ayako
Murase, Keiko
Araki, Kazuhiro
Takatsuka, Yuichi
Oh, Koshi
Masai, Yoshikazu
Akazawa, Kouhei
Miyoshi, Yasuo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8535-4008
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant from Hyogo College of Medicine (No number was provided)
Article History
Received: 17 June 2017
Accepted: 30 January 2018
First Online: 12 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Hyogo College of Medicine (No. 1886) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Since this study collected only clinical data retrospectively and contained no risk for participants, the ethics committee did not request written informed consent.
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