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Yasuhiko Saito, Shieva Davarian, Atsuhiko Takahashi, Edward Schneider and Eileen M. Crimmins

Ethics Statement

The study procedure was approved by the Ethics Committees of the School of Medicine,
Nihon University and the University of Southern California.

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