Hirama, Takashi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-5057
Akiba, Miki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1679-1180
Watanabe, Tatsuaki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9104-6175
Watanabe, Yui https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0155-8754
Notsuda, Hirotsugu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4601-2528
Oishi, Hisashi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1381-6362
Niikawa, Hiromichi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7761-6637
Okada, Yoshinori https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7739-7657
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20K08509)
Young Investigators of Tohoku University Hospital (The Clinical Research Promotion Program)
Takeda Science Foundation (The visionary research)
Article History
Received: 10 September 2021
Accepted: 17 November 2021
First Online: 29 November 2021
Declarations
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: All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. In light of the retrospective design, the requirement of informed consent was waived and the study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine (Institutional Review Board number 2021-01-060) on May 6, 2021. We disclosed information on the implementation of the research and ensured the opportunity for research subjects to refuse participation by posting the information disclosure materials approved by the Ethics Committee on the website of the Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.