Katayama, Kanako http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1550-475X
Hirose, Masaki
Arai, Toru http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2222-0683
Hatsuda, Kazuyoshi
Tachibana, Kazunobu
Sugawara, Reiko
Sugimoto, Chikatoshi
Kasai, Takahiko
Akira, Masanori
Inoue, Yoshikazu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3994-874X
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP19ek0109268)
the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan awarded to the study Group on Pulmonary Disorders, Scientific Research/Research on intractable diseases (H29-023)
Article History
Received: 26 June 2020
Accepted: 14 September 2020
First Online: 29 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the NHO Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center (KCCMC; Approval number: 735, 6 February 2020).
: All study participants provided written, informed consent.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.