Watanabe, Kozo https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7602-2404
Hasegawa, Hiroki
Katoh, Jun
Hayashi, Yutaka
Saku, Isaku
Ohshima, Kazunori
Hishida, Akira
Seki, George
Ikegaya, Naoki
Article History
Received: 6 February 2024
Accepted: 18 October 2024
First Online: 28 October 2024
Declarations
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: The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee at which the studies were conducted (IRB approval number ref. 247/2020) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The participating patients and their relatives were given an opportunity to opt out of the study.
: The need for informed consent was waived owing to the retrospective nature of the investigation and the optāout method of participant inclusion.