Kishida, Masatsugu
Yamada, Yosuke
Inayama, Emi
Kitamura, Mineaki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0003-8645
Nishino, Tomoya
Ota, Keiko
Shintani, Ayumi
Ikenoue, Tatsuyoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
AIBA works for supporting young doctors' project (151061)
Shinshu Medical Promotion Association (NA)
Terumo Life Science and Arts Foundation (17-503)
Article History
Received: 21 May 2019
Accepted: 9 October 2019
First Online: 19 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The pilot study was approved by the chief ethics committee at Nagasaki University Hospital (registration number 16103101) as well as each research facility. The proposed protocol has been approved by the chief ethics committee at Nagasaki University Hospital (registration number 18061813) as well as each research facility. This study will be performed in accordance with the tenets set forth in the Declaration of Helsinki. All enrolled patients will provide informed written consent prior to participation.
: All patients will provide informed written consent for data to be published.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.