Saito, Yoshitaka
Takekuma, Yoh
Komatsu, Yoshito
Sugawara, Mitsuru
Article History
Received: 10 August 2024
Accepted: 24 April 2025
First Online: 2 May 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures in the present study were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by the Ethical Review Board for Life Science and Medical Research of Hokkaido University Hospital (approval number: 023-0483). As this was a retrospective study, need for consent was waived by the Ethical Review Board for Life Science and Medical Research of Hokkaido University Hospital.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.