Xun, Jingyu
Ohtsuka, Hideo
Hirose, Katsuya
Douchi, Daisuke
Nakayama, Shun
Ishida, Masaharu
Miura, Takayuki
Ariake, Kyohei
Mizuma, Masamichi
Nakagawa, Kei
Morikawa, Takanori
Furukawa, Toru
Unno, Michiaki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific research (C) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (21K08791)
Article History
Received: 30 January 2023
Accepted: 12 August 2023
First Online: 6 September 2023
Declarations
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: Approval of the research protocol by an Institutional Reviewer Board: The institutional review board of Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan) authorized this study in 2021 (Approval No. 2021-1-864). The present study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The need for informed consent was waived by Ethics Committee Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine owing to the retrospective study design; an “opt-out” method was used.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests