Terao, Toshiki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6728-3346
Machida, Youichi
Narita, Kentaro
Kuzume, Ayumi
Tabata, Rikako
Tsushima, Takafumi
Miura, Daisuke
Takeuchi, Masami
Tateishi, Ukihide
Matsue, Kosei
Article History
Received: 13 August 2020
Revised: 18 December 2020
Accepted: 13 January 2021
First Online: 26 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Kosei Matsue, the last author.
: 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 obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: This study includes data on patients from the previously reported study (DOI:10.1111/bjh.16633). The previous study included 185 patients reported from January 2009 to October 2019. Unlike the previous report, this present study includes additional assessments of WB-MRI and BMPCs. The reason for the observation period from 2016 to 2018 in this present study was because the protocol of MRI had not been determined before 2016.
: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution