Shinomoto, Makiko
Kasai, Takashi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6424-0738
Tatebe, Harutsugu
Kitani-Morii, Fukiko
Ohmichi, Takuma
Fujino, Yuzo
Allsop, David
Mizuno, Toshiki
Tokuda, Takahiko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (15K09319)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (18K07506)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (20K16605)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (18K15461)
Article History
Received: 13 September 2020
Accepted: 1 December 2020
First Online: 4 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Written informed consent from the participants was obtained when possible and, if not, from the nearest relative. The study protocols were approved by the University Ethics Committee (ERB-G-12, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan).
: Not applicable.
: The authors had no competing financial interests. Also, no non-financial conflicts of interest existed.