Katsumata, Ryo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9602-3391
Manabe, Noriaki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5010-3708
Ayaki, Maki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1336-2663
Fujita, Minoru http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3211-995X
Nakamura, Jun
Kawamoto, Hirofumi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9650-3555
Sugihara, Yuusaku
Sakae, Hiroyuki
Hamada, Kenta
Haruma, Ken http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2188-0401
Article History
Received: 3 July 2021
Accepted: 22 November 2021
First Online: 3 December 2021
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Kawasaki Medical School and Hospital (IRB numbers 2010, 2061, and 3912).
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: All procedures were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on institutional human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions. Informed consent or substitute for it was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.