Fujiwara, Kenji http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5900-9382
Hiraka, Kiyohisa
Shindo, Koji
Abe, Atsushi
Masatsugu, Toshihiro
Hirano, Tatsuya
Sada, Masayuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI grant JP20K22817)
Article History
Received: 19 August 2023
Accepted: 27 November 2023
First Online: 10 January 2024
Declarations
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: Kenji Fujiwara had consulting fee from Beacon Group Inc., and holds shares at Vanguard. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
: The research was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All data were fully anonymized before the assessment. Our own institutional review board (IRB), Sada Hospital IRB, reviewed and ethically approved the study for the reference of the database and medical records for research purposes. The IRB waived the requirement for informed consent (IRB approval number: S190726-1). Contact form (ExternalRef removed).