Takauji, Shuhei
Hifumi, Toru
Saijo, Yasuaki
Yokobori, Shoji
Kanda, Jun
Kondo, Yutaka
Hayashida, Kei
Shimazaki, Junya
Moriya, Takashi
Yagi, Masaharu
Yamaguchi, Junko
Okada, Yohei
Okano, Yuichi
Kaneko, Hitoshi
Kobayashi, Tatsuho
Fujita, Motoki
Shimizu, Keiki
Yokota, Hiroyuki
Yaguchi, Arino
Article History
Received: 16 April 2021
Accepted: 10 September 2021
First Online: 25 September 2021
Declarations
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: This study has been confirmed that all the experiments were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The study has been approved by the Ethics Review Board of Teikyo University Hospital in Japan (Approval No: 17–090). The requirement for informed consent was waived due to the observational nature of the study by the Ethics Review Board of Teikyo University Hospital in Japan. In addition, the institutional review board of each hospital listed in the acknowledgements approved the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests in association with the present study.