Jinno, Sadao https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-183X
Akashi, Kengo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5289-139X
Onishi, Akira https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3120-1273
Nose, Yoko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9179-9246
Yamashita, Mai https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0590-6584
Saegusa, Jun https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7606-3743
Article History
Received: 9 June 2021
Accepted: 7 July 2021
First Online: 14 July 2021
Declarations
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: All authors have declared no conflicts of interests.
: This observational study was conducted as per the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the ethics committee of Kobe University (approval number B190296). In our institute, the institutional review board waived the requirement for patients’ informed consent, because this study utilized only existing data collected in clinical practice.