Kiyasu, Yoshihiko
Akashi, Yusaku http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9789-8301
Sugiyama, Akio
Takeuchi, Yuto
Notake, Shigeyuki
Naito, Asami
Nakamura, Koji
Ishikawa, Hiroichi
Suzuki, Hiromichi
Funding for this research was provided by:
TOYOBO, Co.,Ltd.,
Article History
Accepted: 3 May 2021
First Online: 18 May 2021
Declarations
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: This study was financially supported by TOYOBO Co., Ltd.
: TOYOBO Co., Ltd., provided support in the form of salaries to author A. Sugiyama, lecture fees to author H. Suzuki, and advisory fees to author H. Suzuki. The funder did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.
: Not applicable.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and with the STROBE guidelines. The ethics committee of TMCH approved this study (approval number: 2020-046).
: All study participants provided informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: YK drafted the manuscript and performed the statistical analyses. YA was the chief investigator and responsible for the manuscript. HS supervised the project. AS and AN contributed to the development and execution of molecular assays. YT, SN, KN, and HI supported the preparation of this manuscript. All authors contributed to the writing of the final manuscript.
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