Kikuchi, Kazufumi
Togao, Osamu
Yamashita, Koji
Momosaka, Daichi
Nakayama, Tomohiro
Kitamura, Yoshiyuki
Kikuchi, Yoshitomo
Baba, Shingo
Sagiyama, Koji
Ishimatsu, Keisuke
Kamei, Ryotaro
Mukae, Nobutaka
Iihara, Koji
Suzuki, Satoshi O.
Iwaki, Toru
Hiwatashi, Akio http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5400-5083
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20K16791)
Clinical Research Promotion Foundation (N/A)
Kaibara Morikazu Medical Science Promotion Foundation (N/A)
Kawano Masanori Memorial Public Interest Incorporated Foundation for Promotion of Pediatrics (N/A)
Article History
Received: 18 June 2020
Revised: 18 August 2020
Accepted: 7 October 2020
First Online: 15 October 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Akio Hiwatashi.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: This single-institute prospective study was approved by the institutional review board. Informed consent was obtained from all patients.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: <i>•</i> Prospective<i>•</i> Diagnostic or prognostic study