Kurano, Makoto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2596-1145
Jubishi, Daisuke
Okamoto, Koh
Hashimoto, Hideki
Sakai, Eri
Morita, Yoshifumi
Saigusa, Daisuke
Kano, Kuniyuki
Aoki, Junken
Harada, Sohei
Okugawa, Shu
Doi, Kent
Moriya, Kyoji
Yatomi, Yutaka
Funding for this research was provided by:
Mitsubishi Foundation
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20H03573)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (LEAP)
Article History
Received: 3 August 2022
Accepted: 29 October 2022
First Online: 10 November 2022
Declarations
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: The current study was performed in accordance with the ethical guidelines established by the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent for sample analysis was obtained from some of the patients. For the remaining participants from whom written informed consent could not be obtained (because they had been discharged or transferred out of the hospital), informed consent was obtained in the form of an opt-out on our institution’s website, as follows. Patients were informed of the study through the website, and those who were unwilling to be enrolled were excluded. The study design was approved by The University of Tokyo Medical Research Center Ethics Committee (2602 and 2020206NI).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.