Nakamura, Akihiro
Kagaya, Yuta
Saito, Hiroki
Kanazawa, Masanori
Miura, Masanobu
Kondo, Masateru
Sato, Kenjiro
Endo, Hideaki
Article History
Received: 20 September 2022
Accepted: 18 January 2023
First Online: 21 January 2023
Declarations
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: The authors are accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. Written informed consents were obtained from all participants before the listing. Institutional review board of Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital approved the study protocol (approval no. 1903). This study was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki, and was registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN000048602).
: Not applicable.
: This study received no grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.