Uchiyama, Kiyotaka
Morimoto, Kohkichi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-6506
Washida, Naoki
Kusahana, Ei
Nakayama, Takashin
Itoh, Tomoaki
Kasai, Takahiro
Wakino, Shu
Itoh, Hiroshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
baxter ltd (04-080-5103)
Article History
Received: 27 June 2021
Accepted: 15 March 2022
First Online: 1 April 2022
Declarations
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: We have read and understood International Urology and Nephrology’s policy on disclosing conflicts of interest and declare that KM and NW received salaries from an endowed chair at Baxter Ltd. and that and HI received research funding, also from Baxter Ltd.
: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Certification of Clinical Trials Review Board of Keio University Hospital (approval number: N20180007). The study was conducted with adherence to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT), and Clinical Trials Act.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants to participate in this study.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants for their anonymized information to be published in this article.