Hiratsuka, Yusuke
Suh, Sang-Yeon http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-1150
Won, Seon-Hye
Kim, Sun-Hyun
Yoon, Seok-Joon
Koh, Su-Jin
Kwon, Jung Hye
Park, Jeanno
Ahn, Hong-Yup
Cheng, Shao-Yi
Chen, Ping-Jen
Yamaguchi, Takashi
Morita, Tatsuya
Tsuneto, Satoru
Mori, Masanori
Inoue, Akira
Funding for this research was provided by:
Seirei Christopher University (16H05212, 16KT0007)
Article History
Received: 9 September 2021
Accepted: 10 March 2022
First Online: 19 March 2022
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the local Institutional Review Boards of all participating institutions. The independent ethics committee of Tohoku University School of Medicine (approval no. 2016–1-689) approved this study.
: In accordance with the ethical guidelines for human research issued by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare in Japan, patients’ informed consent was waived because of the completely observational nature of the study. Patients were provided with the opportunity to opt out. In Korea and Taiwan, informed consent was obtained from the patients or their families (in case the patient lacked the capacity to decide).
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for the publication of the article.
: The authors declare no competing interests.