Nishino, Tomohiko http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4287-979X
Takahashi, Kazuhiro
Tomori, Shinya
Ono, Sayaka
Mimaki, Masakazu
Article History
Received: 16 August 2021
Accepted: 18 September 2021
First Online: 24 September 2021
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: The study was approved by the Teikyo University Ethical Review Board for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects (approval number 20-195-2). All procedures in studies involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: The study plan outline was presented on the Teikyo University website, where patients and their guardians could ask questions about the study and opt out from the use of their data. Informed consent to participate and publication was obtained on the before blood sampling. The study was explained to all patients and their parents/guardians in plain language with explanatory documents, and written consent for participation in research and publication was obtained from the parents/guardians of all subjects. At the same time, it was clarified that the parents/guardians had the right to refuse participation and withdraw consent at will.