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Article History

Received: 31 July 2020

Accepted: 30 November 2020

First Online: 4 December 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: All human-related methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. All patients were given written informed consent prior to study commencement, and written informed consent was obtained from all patients. The study protocol and patient consent form and information were approved by the Ethics Committee and Institutional Review Board of the Ulsan University Hospital (UUH-IRB-11-18). All procedures involving animals were in accordance with the Laboratory Animals Welfare Act, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and the Guidelines and Policies for Rodent Experimentation provided by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Ulsan University of Korea (Approval No. 0117–07).

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that no competing interests exist.