Shimohigashi, Yoshinobu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2948-0733
Toya, Ryo
Saito, Tetsuo
Kono, Yumiko
Doi, Yasuhiro
Fukugawa, Yoshiyuki
Watakabe, Takahiro
Matsumoto, Tadashi
Kai, Yudai
Maruyama, Masato
Oya, Natsuo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), KAKENHI (JP17K16459, JP20K16793)
Article History
Received: 1 August 2020
Accepted: 17 December 2020
First Online: 14 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All patients provided informed consent to participate in this study. The Institutional Research Ethics Board at Kumamoto University Hospital (Kumamoto, Japan) gave its approval for their participation in the study (No. 1878).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.