Imai, Kazuo
Ishibashi, Noriomi
Kodana, Masahiro
Tarumoto, Norihito http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5866-8877
Sakai, Jun
Kawamura, Toru
Takeuchi, Shinichi
Taji, Yoshitada
Ebihara, Yasuhiro
Ikebuchi, Kenji
Murakami, Takashi
Maeda, Takuya
Mitsutake, Kotaro
Maesaki, Shigefumi
Article History
Received: 22 July 2018
Accepted: 23 September 2019
First Online: 8 November 2019
Change Date: 4 May 2022
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07384-5
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical clearances were obtained from Institutional Ethical Review Board of Saitama Medical University Hospital and Saitama Medical University International Medical Center (approval numbers 17–127 and 17–275). Both institutional ethical review boards approved the opt-out consent process. All individuals were given the opportunity to decline participation in this study through an opt-out consent process. Kazuo Imai and Noriomi Ishibashi were granted permission to access the raw clinical data by Institutional Ethical Review Board of Saitama Medical University Hospital and Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, respectively. Confidentiality was maintained by avoiding the use of names or other identifiers.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interests.