Oshio, Hiroshi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6668-8771
Oshima, Yukiko http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5221-7127
Yunome, Gen http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6980-411X
Yano, Mitsuyasu http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6704-2430
Okazaki, Shinji http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8435-7300
Ashitomi, Yuya http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9600-1566
Musha, Hiroaki http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7017-3458
Kamio, Yukinori http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0251-6612
Motoi, Fuyuhiko http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7601-8395
Article History
Received: 8 January 2021
Accepted: 20 February 2021
First Online: 16 March 2021
Declarations
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: Hiroshi Oshio, Yukiko Oshima, Gen Yunome, Mitsuyasu Yano, Shinji Okazaki, Yuya Ashitomi, Hiroaki Musha, Yukinori Kamio, Fuyuhiko Motoi declare that they have no conflict of interest in association with the present study.
: The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committees of Sendai Medical Center (reference number: 27–8). The research was conducted in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.