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Privacy

To protect the privacy of　patients, the following items can not be included in the manuscript; Patient’s name, initial, ID number, address (only prefecture or state is acceptable), precise dates by which clinical course can be identified (dates should be expressed as the early, middle or end of a specific month), photographs of patient's face (only photographs which do not identify a patient can be used).

The following items may be included in the manuscript:

• patient's age
• sex
• region of residence