Nishi, Masaaki
Wada, Yuma
Yoshikawa, Kozo
Takasu, Chie
Tokunaga, Takuya
Nakao, Toshihiro
Kashihara, Hideya
Yoshimoto, Toshiaki
Shimada, Mitsuo
Article History
Received: 6 February 2023
Accepted: 12 May 2023
First Online: 16 May 2023
Declarations
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: The protocol for this research project was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tokushima University (approval no. 3215–1). All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committees on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions. Informed consent was obtained from all patients and/or their guardians.
: This study was approved in advance by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Tokushima Graduate School of Medical Science (TOCMS: 3215). Written informed consent for publication was obtained from all patients.
: The authors declare no competing interests.