Nakamura, Tomohiko http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7622-4527
Suzuki, Masashi
Ueda, Masamichi
Harada, Yumiko
Hirayama, Masaaki
Katsuno, Masahisa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Article History
Received: 22 May 2020
Accepted: 7 August 2020
First Online: 11 August 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of Nagoya University. Written informed consent was waived, because the study involved only a retrospective review of routine clinical tests and medical records. Instead, the study protocol was open to the public to assure the patients’ right to withdraw.