Murakami, Kazuhiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2144-5020
Yamamoto, Kazuhiko
Kawakami, Masayoshi
Horita, Satoshi
Kirita, Tadaaki
Article History
Received: 4 February 2022
Accepted: 13 November 2022
First Online: 11 January 2023
Declarations
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: K. Murakami, K. Yamamoto, M. Kawakami, S. Horita and T. Kirita declare that they have no competing interests.
: This study was performed in accordance with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the ethical committee of Nara Medical University (permission number: 410). All patients were informed of the purpose of the study and signed a consent form before inclusion. Furthermore, this study conformed to the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) guidelines.