Kikutani, Kazuya
Nishikimi, Mitsuaki
Emoto, Ryo
Matsui, Shigeyuki
Ohbe, Hiroyuki
Ogura, Takayuki
Hashimoto, Satoru
Kushimoto, Shigeki
Takeda, Shinhiro
Ohshimo, Shinichiro
Shime, Nobuaki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP23fk0108654)
Article History
Received: 29 August 2024
Accepted: 20 October 2024
First Online: 5 November 2024
Declarations
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: This study was conducted with the approval of the Hiroshima University Epidemiological Research Ethics Review Committee (approval numbers E2022-0118). The requirement for obtaining informed consent from the study participants was waved to ensure participant anonymity, as stipulated in the Japanese government guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The non-profit organization headed by Satoru Hashimoto receives donations from JMS. Satoru Hashimoto receives consulting fees from Healios Inc.