Nishimoto, Hiroaki
Fukuta, Shoji
Fukui, Naoshi
Sairyo, Koichi
Yamaguchi, Tetsuo
Article History
Received: 28 April 2022
Accepted: 17 August 2022
First Online: 25 August 2022
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the ethics committee of Tokushima University Hospital (No. 199–1). Each author certifies that all investigations were conducted in conformity with ethical principles. All study participants provided informed consent. All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Institutional Review Board of Tokushima University Hospital, the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments, or comparable ethical standards.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.