Nishimoto, Masatoshi
Murashima, Miho
Yoshida, Hisako
Eriguchi, Masahiro
Tasaki, Hikari
Fukata, Fumihiro
Kosugi, Takaaki
Matsui, Masaru
Samejima, Ken-ichi
Iseki, Kunitoshi
Asahi, Koichi
Yamagata, Kunihiro
Fujimoto, Shouichi
Konta, Tsuneo
Narita, Ichiei
Moriyama, Toshiki
Kasahara, Masato
Shibagaki, Yugo
Kondo, Masahide
Watanabe, Tsuyoshi
Tsuruya, Kazuhiko
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP18K11131)
Article History
Received: 30 January 2021
Accepted: 23 March 2021
First Online: 30 April 2021
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflict of interests.
: All procedures involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee at which the study was conducted (Fukushima Medical University; IRB Approval Numbers #1485, #2771) and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was also conducted in accordance with the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects enacted by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan [ ].
: In the context of the guidelines, the investigators were not necessarily required to obtain informed consent. Nevertheless, we publicized information concerning this study on the web [ ] and ensured opportunities for the research subjects to refuse the use of their personal information.