Saito, Yoshitaka
Uchiyama, Kazuki
Takekuma, Yoh
Komatsu, Yoshito
Sugawara, Mitsuru
Article History
Received: 5 April 2023
Accepted: 25 July 2023
First Online: 2 August 2023
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study, the need for formal consent was waived by the Ethical Review Board for Life Science and Medical Research at Hokkaido University Hospital.
: Formal consent was not required for this type of study.
: Not applicable.
: YS, KU, YT, and MS have no conflicts of interest. YK reports receiving grants and personal fees from Ono, TAIHO, CHUGAI, Eli Lilly, Yakult, Bristol-Myers, Merck, Takeda, Novartis, Bayer, and Daiichi-Sankyo and grants from Iqvia outside the submitted work.