Kozato, An
Shikino, Kiyoshi
Matsuyama, Yasushi
Hayashi, Mikio
Kondo, Satoshi
Uchida, Shun
Stanyon, Maham
Ito, Shoichi
Article History
Received: 29 July 2022
Accepted: 13 April 2023
First Online: 5 June 2023
Declarations
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: The authors have no conflicts of interest directly relevant to the content of this article.
: This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and BMC policies on ethics and consent. It was approved by Ethics committee/Institutional Review Board Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine (Chiba, Japan) (Reference number M10058). It was exempted from the ethics approval by Queen Mary Ethics of Research Committee (London, UK). Participants were provided with a detailed explanation of the study and confirmed that they fully understood the information before voluntarily giving informed consent to participate.
: Not applicable.