Araki, Syunsuke
Miki, Atsushi
Goto, Katsutoshi
Yamashita, Tsutomu
Yoneda, Tsuyoshi
Haruishi, Kazuko
Ieki, Yoshiaki
Kiryu, Junichi
Maehara, Goro
Yaoeda, Kiyoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17K04506)
Article History
Received: 17 April 2019
Accepted: 24 July 2019
First Online: 5 August 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board committee of Kawasaki Medical School (registration number: 3473). Additionally, oral informed consent for the examinations was obtained from each patient. If the patient was a minor (under the age of 16), informed consent for the examinations was obtained from one of the parents. The institutional review board committee at Kawasaki Medical School did not require written informed consent for this study as it was a retrospective and noninvasive one without any medical intervention.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.