Kato, Sawako https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7210-1888
Tsuboi, Masato
Ando, Masahiko
Itano, Yuya
Maruyama, Shoichi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
Article History
Received: 28 May 2019
Accepted: 27 August 2019
First Online: 6 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was performed according to Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects published by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; the laws and regulatory requirements of Japan; and the ethical principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki. The protocol, amendments, and subject informed consent forms were approved by the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Ethics Committee (No. 2017-0481).
: All co-authors approved this submission. The patients consented to publish their information details.
: The authors declare that the Department of Nephrology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, received research promotion grants from Astellas, Alexion, Otsuka, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Takeda, Torii, Pfizer, and MSD. However, the research topics of these donation grants do not include restrictions.