Nishino, Tomohiko http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4287-979X
Endo, Shota
Miyano, Hiroki
Takemasa, Yoichi
Saito, Masahito
Umeda, Chisato
Tomii, Yuji
Watanabe, Yoshitaka
Nakagawa, Mayu
Kakegawa, Daisuke
Fujinaga, Shuichiro
Article History
Received: 21 January 2021
Revised: 2 April 2021
Accepted: 8 April 2021
First Online: 15 April 2021
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the local ethics committee for human research (protocol number 2020-04-025). All procedures involving human participants were conducted according to the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and within the guidelines of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The requirement for informed consent was waived by the institutional review board due to the retrospective nature of the study.
: In consideration of human rights and ethics, this research was conducted under the review of the ethics committee of the medical center, and the study plan outline was presented on our center’s website, where patients and parents could ask questions about the study and opt-out from the use of their data.
: The authors declare no competing interests.