Bekki, Tomoaki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0155-2360
Shimomura, Manabu
Saito, Yasufumi
Nakahara, Masahiro
Adachi, Tomohiro
Ikeda, Satoshi
Shimizu, Yosuke
Kochi, Masatoshi
Ishizaki, Yasuyo
Yoshimitsu, Masanori
Takakura, Yuji
Shimizu, Wataru
Sumitani, Daisuke
Kodama, Shinya
Fujimori, Masahiko
Oheda, Mamoru
Kobayashi, Hironori
Akabane, Shintaro
Yano, Takuya
Ohdan, Hideki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9066-1288
Article History
Accepted: 17 December 2023
First Online: 28 December 2023
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki (Fortaleza, Brazil, October 2013) and was approved by the institutional review board of Hiroshima University Hospital (approval number: Epd-893, approval day: August 7, 2014). All the patients provided written informed consent after the purpose, and the investigational nature of the study was explained to them. The institutional review board and ethics committee of each participating center reviewed and approved the protocol. This study was registered with the Japan Registry of Clinical Trials (jRCTs061180087).
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.