Funding for this research was provided by:
a Project Research Grant from Toho University School of Medicine (17-12, 18-26)
the Nukada scholarship for Medical Research from Toho University School of Medicine
a Research Promotion Grant from Toho University Graduate School of Medicine (17-01)
the Program for the Strategic Research Foundation for Private Universities from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan (S1411015)
the Private University Research Branding Project from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan
Article History
Received: 24 October 2020
Revised: 14 December 2020
Accepted: 16 December 2020
First Online: 9 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: None.
: This study was approved by the ethics committee of Toho University Omori Medical Center (approval number 24-78, 25-215, M20010) and complied with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments and Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects by Ministries of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Health, Labour and Welfare of the Japanese Government. All subjects provided written informed consent before enrollment.