Usui, Ryosuke
Ogawa, Tetsuya
Takahashi, Hideo
Iwasaki, Chihiro
Koike, Minako
Morito, Taku
Hatano, Michiyasu
Nitta, Kosaku
Article History
Received: 9 June 2020
Accepted: 27 August 2020
First Online: 11 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists.
: This study was approved by the ethics committees of each participating medical institution, such as Tokyo Women’s Medical University (approval number: 4602), Minami-Akatsuka Clinic (approval number: 18–03-30) and Yokohama Rosai Hospital (approval number: 30–11), and conducted in adherence with the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent prior to study enrollment. All animal experiments and procedures were carried out strictly in accordance with the guideline formulated by the Science Council of Japan.