Sugita, Shinji
Ishikawa, Masashi
Sakuma, Takahiro
Iizuka, Masumi
Hanai, Sayako
Sakamoto, Atsuhiro
Article History
Received: 5 April 2023
Accepted: 13 June 2023
First Online: 16 June 2023
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Nippon Medical School (no. 26–02-427). All experiments were performed in accordance with the government ethical guidelines and regulations based on the Declaration of Helsinki. The need for informed consent for each participant was waived by the ethics committee of Nippon Medical School due to retrospective nature of the study and the form of an opt-out option (guarantee of information disclosure and opportunity to refuse) was provided on our institution’s website.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.