Sugiyama, Atsuhiko https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0705-9892
Yokota, Hajime
Hirano, Shigeki
Cooper, Graham
Mukai, Hiroki
Koide, Kyosuke
Wang, Jiaqi
Ito, Shoichi
Finke, Carsten
Brandt, Alexander U
Paul, Friedemann
Kuwabara, Satoshi
Article History
Received: 11 June 2020
Revised: 10 October 2020
Accepted: 13 November 2020
First Online: 25 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof. Satoshi Kuwabara.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• case-control study/observational• performed at one institution