Eguchi, Katsuki
Shirai, Shinichi
Matsushima, Masaaki
Kano, Takahiro
Yamazaki, Kazuyoshi
Hamauchi, Shuji
Sasamori, Toru
Seki, Toshitaka
Hirata, Kenji
Kitagawa, Mayumi
Otsuki, Mika
Shiga, Tohru
Houkin, Kiyohiro
Sasaki, Hidenao
Yabe, Ichiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Labour, Japan (20FC1049, 20FC1049)
Article History
Received: 2 April 2021
Accepted: 1 September 2021
First Online: 13 September 2021
Declarations
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: This study was conducted following the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments and was approved by the institutional review board of Hokkaido University Hospital. All patients provided written informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.