Matsuura, Ryo
Hidaka, Sumi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1576-0868
Ohtake, Takayasu
Mochida, Yasuhiro
Ishioka, Kunihiro
Maesato, Kyoko
Oka, Machiko
Moriya, Hidekazu
Kobayashi, Shuzo
Article History
Received: 5 April 2018
Accepted: 9 December 2019
First Online: 19 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Tokushukai Group Ethics Committee (TGE00830–024), which included implied an opt-out consent from the patients. The opt-out was undertaken via a written opt out form. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.