Hirata, Sachiko http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8507-0005
Kobayashi, Masahito
Ujihara, Masaki
Takabatake, Kazuhiko
Fujimaki, Takamitsu
Article History
Received: 20 June 2023
Accepted: 15 August 2023
First Online: 1 September 2023
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the institutional review board, and written informed consent was waived because of the retrospective design. Ethical approval was waived by the local Ethics Committee of Saitama Medical University Hospital in view of the retrospective nature of the study, and all the procedures being performed were part of the routine care.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.