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Masayuki Shimohira1, Yoshihide Iwakawa, Jun Kohyama

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, 113-8519 Tokyo, Japan.

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