Hirahara, Noriyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8684-6098
Matsubara, Takeshi
Kaji, Shunsuke
Yamamoto, Tetsu
Hyakudomi, Ryoji
Takai, Kiyoe
Ishitobi, Kazunari
Uchida, Yuki
Tajima, Yoshitsugu
Article History
Received: 16 May 2021
Accepted: 16 September 2021
First Online: 1 October 2021
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the Japanese Ethical Guidelines for Clinical Studies. Approval was granted by the Shimane University Institutional Committee on Ethics (28 September 2012). This study was registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry.Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Patients signed informed consent regarding publishing their data.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.