Ohara, Ken
Masuda, Takahiro
Morinari, Masato
Okada, Mari
Miki, Atsushi
Nakagawa, Saki
Murakami, Takuya
Oka, Kentaro
Asakura, Maki
Miyazawa, Yasuharu
Maeshima, Akito
Akimoto, Tetsu
Saito, Osamu
Nagata, Daisuke
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (15K21321)
Jichi Medical University Young Investigator Awards
Grant-in-Aid for Research on Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease, Practical Research Project for Renal Diseases from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Article History
Received: 20 January 2020
Accepted: 22 April 2020
First Online: 1 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol and amendments were approved by the independent ethics committees of Jichi Medical University (Approval number: A17-014) and Nasu Minami Hospital (Approval number: 2016-03).
: All patients provided their written informed consent to participate in this study.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.