Nakajima, Yuki
Hozumi, Takeshi
Takemoto, Kazushi
Fujita, Suwako
Wada, Teruaki
Kashiwagi, Manabu
Shimamura, Kunihiro
Shiono, Yasutsugu
Kuroi, Akio
Tanimoto, Takashi
Kubo, Takashi
Tanaka, Atsushi
Akasaka, Takashi
Article History
Received: 16 July 2020
Revised: 6 February 2021
Accepted: 22 February 2021
First Online: 7 March 2021
Declarations
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: Yuki Nakajima, Takeshi Hozumi, Kazushi Takemoto, Suwako Fujita, Teruaki Wada, Manabu Kashiwagi, Yasutsugu Shiono, Kunihiro Shimamura, Akio Kuroi, Takashi Tanimoto, Takashi Kubo, Atsushi Tanaka, and Takashi Akasaka declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions.
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.