Toyoda, Daisuke http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5128-2525
Maki, Yuichi
Sakamoto, Yasumasa
Kinoshita, Junki
Abe, Risa
Kotake, Yoshifumi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) provided by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JP 16K10949, JP 19K09362)
Article History
Received: 10 April 2020
Accepted: 24 May 2020
First Online: 3 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Toho University Ohashi Medical Center (approval no. 14–13, approved on Feb. 10, 2014) and written informed consent was obtained from all subjects participating in this study.
: Not applicable
: Dr. Toyoda received speaker’s fees from the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory. Dr. Kotake has received honoraria and speaker’s fees from Edwards Lifesciences and the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, as well as speaker’s fees from the Japanese Blood Product Organization, GE Healthcare Japan, MSD, and Ono Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Kotake also received an unrestricted research grant and speaker’s fee from Nihon Koden Corp. Other authors have no competing interests.