From the Department of Neurosurgery (T.T., A. Marushima, A. Muroi, E.I., A. Matsumura), Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery (T.T., A.M., A. Mujagic, E.I., A. Matsumura), Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, and Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences (Y.N.), University of Tsukuba; Center for Integrative Medicine (A.H.), Tsukuba University of Technology; and Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering (S.P.), University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Submitted: October 26, 2019, Revised: December 19, 2019, Accepted: January 9, 2020, Published online: February 11, 2020.
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