Nishii, Ryuichi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2096-4611
Saga, Tsuneo
Sudo, Hitomi
Togawa, Takashi
Kuyama, Junpei
Tani, Toshiaki
Maeda, Takamasa
Kobayashi, Masato
Iizasa, Toshihiko
Shingyoji, Masato
Itami, Makiko
Kawamura, Kazunori
Hashimoto, Hiroki
Yamazaki, Kana
Tamura, Kentaro
Higashi, Tatsuya
Article History
Received: 7 October 2020
Accepted: 13 November 2020
First Online: 2 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
: This prospective clinical study registered in UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (#UMIN000011790) was approved by the Institutional Review Board (#12-027). All enrolled patients received explanations, and then they provided written informed consent regarding this clinical study. Our study was conducted in accordance with the principles outlined in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.