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Ishimaru, Fumihiko
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Article History
Received: 5 January 2024
Revised: 9 May 2024
Accepted: 13 May 2024
First Online: 25 May 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: During the preparation of this work, the authors used ChatGPT (), an AI language model developed by OpenAI, for English language proofreading and editing in order to improve the quality of the manuscript and to modify of statistical analysis code. After using ChatGPT, the authors reviewed and edited the content as needed to ensure accuracy and clarity and take full responsibility for the content of the publication.
: All procedures performed in the study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was designed by the Donor/Source Working Group and the Transplant Complications Working Group of the JSTCT and was approved by the Transplant Registry Unified Management Program Data Management Committee of the JSTCT and the Institutional Review Board of Okayama University Hospital (2401-004), where the study was conducted.
: All patients provided written informed consent for data reporting.