Okabe-Kinoshita, Miki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-3978
Kobayashi, Tatsuya http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5072-6756
Shioya, Masashi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1263-6746
Sugiura, Tomoharu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-8638
Fujita, Maki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2866-3004
Takahashi, Keiichi http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8154-1746
Article History
Received: 19 November 2021
Accepted: 11 April 2022
First Online: 25 April 2022
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the institutional review board of Takahashi Women’s Clinic (protocol number: TWC20-001). The in vitro experimental study was approved by the institutional review board of Takahashi Women’s Clinic (protocol number: TWC20-002) and registered at the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
: Consent for this study was obtained in the form of opt-out through our clinic website and a bulletin board. For the in vitro experiments, written consent was obtained from all patients, and the discarded, cryopreserved blastocysts were used for the outgrowth assay.
: The authors declare no competing interests.