Yamamoto, Kiyoaki
Ito, Takashi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6204-8400
Nagasato, Tomoka
Shinnakasu, Atsushi
Kurano, Mihoko
Arimura, Aiko
Arimura, Hiroshi
Hashiguchi, Hiroshi
Deguchi, Takahisa
Maruyama, Ikuro
Nishio, Yoshihiko
Article History
Received: 2 May 2019
Accepted: 26 July 2019
First Online: 2 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The present study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry and registered under UMIN000019899 (STUDY 2). All the patients provided written informed consent to participate.
: Not applicable.
: T-TAS is a product of Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd. where T.N. are employed. I.M. received research support from Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd., however, it is for academic promotion and is not directly related to this study. The remaining authors have disclosed they do not have any conflicts of interest.