Kawamura, Hidetaka http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2396-0701
Ogawa, Yusuke
Yamazaki, Hajime
Honda, Michitaka
Kono, Koji
Konno, Shinichi
Fukuhara, Shunichi
Yamamoto, Yosuke
Article History
Accepted: 18 June 2021
First Online: 5 July 2021
Declerations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant local laws and regulations<b>.</b> The study protocol was approved by the institutional review board of all participating hospitals (UMIN000033718).
: The institutional review board waived the requirement for informed consent in accordance with the Japanese government’s Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects, which allow for the opt-out approach<b>.</b>