Hirono, Seiko
Kawai, Manabu
Okada, Ken-ichi
Fujii, Tsutomu
Sho, Masayuki
Satoi, Sohei
Amano, Ryosuke
Eguchi, Hidetoshi
Mataki, Yuko
Nakamura, Masafumi
Matsumoto, Ippei
Baba, Hideo
Tani, Masaji
Kawabata, Yasunari
Nagakawa, Yuichi
Yamada, Suguru
Murakami, Yoshiaki
Shimokawa, Toshio
Yamaue, Hiroki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6982-3457
Article History
Received: 22 April 2018
Accepted: 19 October 2018
First Online: 8 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Institutional Review Board of Wakayama Medical University approved the research protocol on October 12, 2017, and approved the last amendment (protocol version 1.3) on February 28, 2018. This trial complies with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent will be obtained from all participants.
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