Tanaka, Yoshiaki
Masaki, Takanori
Uojima, Haruki
Ohtake, Takayasu
Fujikawa, Tomoaki
Yamanouchi, Yasuhiro
Wada, Naohisa
Kubota, Kousuke
Hidaka, Hisashi
Nakazawa, Takahide
Shibuya, Akitaka
Aoyama, Togo
Sung, Ji Hyun
Kako, Makoto
Kobayashi, Shuzo
Takeuchi, Yasuo
Koizumi, Wasaburo
Article History
Received: 18 September 2018
Accepted: 20 November 2018
First Online: 10 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the institutional review board (IRB)/ethics committee of Kitasato University School of Medicine (IRB number: C17-237) and Tokushukai Medical Group (IRB number: TGE00926-024). Informed consent was obtained from patients and their families before study participation commenced.
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