Nirengi, Shinsuke
Sakane, Naoki
Amagasa, Shiho
Wakui, Sawako
Homma, Toshiyuki
Kurosawa, Yuko
Hamaoka, Takafumi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (16K16572, 15H03100)
Article History
Received: 4 October 2017
Accepted: 14 February 2018
First Online: 21 February 2018
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