Ayano, Masahiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2954-9676
Arinobu, Yojiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3485-2378
Tsukamoto, Hiroshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7205-3502
Ota, Shun-ichiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1946-4695
Misaki, Kenta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-5853
Nishimura, Keisuke https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5100-9166
Kimoto, Yasutaka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0158-2917
Mitoma, Hiroki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2107-7459
Akahoshi, Mitsuteru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3556-4709
Akashi, Koichi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7763-5723
Horiuchi, Takahiko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1770-1087
Niiro, Hiroaki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0914-9066
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS KAKENHI 16K19603)
Article History
Received: 15 October 2019
Accepted: 4 January 2020
First Online: 15 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Masahiro Ayano, Yojiro Arinobu, Hiroshi Tsukamoto, Shun-ichiro Ota, Kenta Misaki, Keisuke Nishimura, Yasutaka Kimoto, Hiroki Mitoma, Mitsuteru Akahoshi, Koichi Akashi, Takahiko Horiuchi, and Hiroaki Niiro declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Kyushu University Hospital (approval number 2019-061), and the principles of the Helsinki Declaration were followed throughout the study. Because this was retrospective research, we disclosed the study information at the site of the related facilities. Obtaining patient consent was not required according to the committee’s procedures.