Kato, Takuma https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2047-496X
Hirama, Hiromi
Mitsuzuka, Koji
Maruyama, Satoru
Sasaki, Hiroshi
Saito, Toshihiro
Matsumoto, Ryuji
Sakamoto, Shinichi
Sakai, Yasuyuki
Fukuhara, Hiroshi
Naya, Yukio
Tsukino, Hiromasa
Hara, Isao
Ogawa, Osamu
Hashine, Katsuyoshi
Fumimasa, Fukuta
Yokomizo, Akira
Tohi, Yoichiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3884-8915
Kakehi, Yoshiyuki
Sugimoto, Mikio
Article History
Received: 13 March 2021
Revised: 15 June 2021
Accepted: 25 June 2021
First Online: 12 July 2021
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All study participants provided informed consent. This study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards established by the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Kagawa University Ethics committee (approval number: H24-084). This study was registered in the University Hospital Medical Information Network—Clinical Trial Registry (UMIN-CTR) (UMIN 000009876).