Uchinami, Yuka https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7977-7055
Fujita, Noriaki
Mizunoya, Kazuyuki
Yokota, Isao
Morimoto, Yuji
Article History
Received: 20 January 2024
Accepted: 27 May 2024
First Online: 12 June 2024
Declarations
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: Yuka Uchinami, Noriaki Fujita, Kazuyuki Mizunoya, and Yuji Morimoto declare that they have no financial interests relevant to this study. Isao Yokota reports grants from KAKENHI, AMED, and Health, Labour and Welfare Policy Research Grants, Nihon Medi-Physics research fund, and speaker fees from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer, outside the submitted work.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo (IRB No.023–0004) on April 3, 2023.
: Permission was obtained by the opt-out method. The opportunity to opt-out of the study was provided through the Hokkaido University Hospital website () for the guardians/parents of patients who did not wish to participate.