Morimoto, Tadatsugu
Tsukamoto, Masatsugu
Aita, Katsuhiro
Fujita, Nobuyuki
Mawatari, Masaaki
Article History
Received: 11 September 2022
Accepted: 26 May 2023
First Online: 30 May 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the institutional review board of our institution (#2019-07-R-11) and has been registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network clinical trials registry (UMIN 000039964). It adhered to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. After receiving full approval from the local ethical committee, participants were recruited at three university-affiliated hospitals between April 2020 and December 2020. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.