Arasawa, Takahiro
Hiwasa, Takaki
Kagaya, Akiko
Maruyama, Tetsuro
Uesato, Masaya
Kano, Masayuki
Kobayashi, Sohei
Takizawa, Hirotaka
Iwase, Katsuro
Nomura, Fumio
Matsushita, Kazuyuki
Matsubara, Hisahiro
Article History
Received: 6 May 2022
Accepted: 13 April 2023
First Online: 18 April 2023
Declarations
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: The protocols of the present study were in compliance with the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Local Ethical Review Board of Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine (Chiba, Japan) as well as the review boards of cooperating hospitals. Serum samples were collected from participants who had provided written informed consent by following the protocols approved by their institutional ethical committees.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.