Saito, Hidehisa
Sugino, Shigekazu
Moteki, Shoichiro
Kanaya, Akihiro
Yamauchi, Masanori
Article History
Received: 16 May 2023
Accepted: 23 November 2023
First Online: 29 November 2023
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board and Ethics Committee of Tohoku University School of Medicine (ID#2021–1-1055, approved on Oct 22<sup>th</sup>, 2018). We obtained the written informed consent from the study participants. All methods were performed in accordance with the World Medical Association (WMA)'s Declarations of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.