Mori, Nobuyoshi
Tada, Tatsuya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3053-1879
Oshiro, Satoshi
Kuwahara-Arai, Kyoko
Kirikae, Teruo
Uehara, Yuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
japan agency for medical research and development (21fk0108604h0701)
Article History
Received: 10 December 2020
Accepted: 4 October 2021
First Online: 13 October 2021
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of St. Luke’s International University in Tokyo, Japan (Number: 20-R151) and by the Biosafety Committee, Juntendo University (Approval Number BSL2/29-1). Individual informed consent was waived by the ethics committee listed above because this study used currently existing sample collected during the course of routine medical care and did not pose any additional risks to the patients. Informed consent about study participation was officially announced by mail and poster. All patient data were anonymized prior to the analysis.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.