Hatanaka, Takeshi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3656-285X
Kakizaki, Satoru http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1508-584X
Hiraoka, Atsushi
Tada, Toshifumi
Hirooka, Masashi
Kariyama, Kazuya
Tani, Joji
Atsukawa, Masanori
Takaguchi, Koichi
Itobayashi, Ei
Fukunishi, Shinya
Tsuji, Kunihiko
Ishikawa, Toru
Tajiri, Kazuto
Ochi, Hironori
Yasuda, Satoshi
Toyoda, Hidenori
Ogawa, Chikara
Nishimura, Takashi
Shimada, Noritomo
Kawata, Kazuhito
Kosaka, Hisashi
Tanaka, Takaaki
Ohama, Hideko
Nouso, Kazuhiro
Morishita, Asahiro
Tsutsui, Akemi
Nagano, Takuya
Itokawa, Norio
Okubo, Tomomi
Arai, Taeang
Imai, Michitaka
Naganuma, Atsushi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0663-0102
Koizumi, Yohei
Nakamura, Shinichiro
Joko, Kouji
Kaibori, Masaki
Iijima, Hiroko
Hiasa, Yoichi
Kumada, Takashi
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Article History
Received: 3 February 2022
Accepted: 7 May 2022
First Online: 24 June 2022
Declarations
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: Takeshi Hatanaka received lecture fees from Eisai. Atsushi Hiraoka received lecture fees from Bayer, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Otsuka, and Chugai. Takashi Kumada received lecture fees from Eisai.Satoru Kakizaki, Toshifumi Tada, Masashi Hirooka, Kazuya Kariyama, Joji Tani, Masanori Atsukawa, Koichi Takaguchi, Ei Itobayashi, Shinya Fukunishi, Kunihiko Tsuji, Toru Ishikawa, Kazuto Tajiri, Hironori Ochi, Satoshi Yasuda, Hidenori Toyoda, Chikara Ogawa, Takashi Nishimura, Noritomo Shimada, Kazuhito Kawata, Hisashi Kosaka, Takaaki Tanaka, Hideko Ohama, Kazuhiro Nouso, Asahiro Morishita, Akemi Tsutsui, Takuya Nagano, Norio Itokawa, Tomomi Okubo, Taeang Arai, Michitaka Imai, Atsushi Naganuma, Yohei Koizumi, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kouji Joko, Masaki Kaibori, Hiroko Iijima,and Yoichi Hiasa, have no potential conflicts of interest to declare.
: The study protocol was granted approval by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital (IRB No. 30–66) (UMIN000043219). All procedures were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all patients.