Nishizaki, Yuji
Shimada, Kazunori
Tani, Shigemasa
Ogawa, Takayuki
Ando, Jiro
Takahashi, Masao
Yamamoto, Masato
Shinozaki, Tomohiro
Miyazaki, Tetsuro
Miyauchi, Katsumi
Nagao, Ken
Hirayama, Atsushi
Yoshimura, Michihiro
Komuro, Issei
Nagai, Ryozo
Daida, Hiroyuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
MEXT - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Article History
Received: 12 November 2019
Accepted: 24 March 2020
First Online: 6 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The present study was approved by the institutional ethics committee of Juntendo University School of Medicine, Nihon University Hospital, Jikei University School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, and Tokyo Takanawa Hospital, and all patients gave informed consent. Informed consent was obtained under opt-out agreement.
: Not applicable.
: KS, ST, and KM received lecture fees from Mochida Pharmaceutical Company and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. MY received scholarship funds and lecture fees from Mochida Pharmaceutical Company and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. IK received lecture fees and scholarship funds from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. RN received consultation and lecture fees from Mochida Pharmaceutical Company. HD received scholarship funds and lecture fees from Mochida Pharmaceutical Company and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. The other authors report no conflicts.