Tanaka, Marenao
Furuhashi, Masato http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0145-3541
Moniwa, Norihito
Maeda, Takuto
Takizawa, Hideki
Matsumoto, Megumi
Sakai, Akiko
Higashiura, Yukimura
Gocho, Yufu
Koyama, Masayuki
Ogawa, Yayoi
Miura, Tetsuji
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Terumo Foundation for Life Sciences and Arts
SENSHIN Medical Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 16 June 2020
Accepted: 23 October 2020
First Online: 3 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional committee at which the studies were conducted (IRB approval numbers 28–2-58 in Sapporo Medical University and 2017–031 in Teine Keijinkai Hospital) and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.