AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
RECRUITMENT, HARADA
Shunichi Sugawara was the principal investigator. Shunichi Sugawara, and Yosuke Kawashima contributed to the study design, data analysis, and data interpretation.Yosuke Kawashima, Osamu Ishimoto, Eisaku Miyauchi, Tomohiro Sakakibara, Toshiyuki Harada, Kazuhiro Usui, Akira Inoue, and Shunichi Sugawara contributed to patient recruitment and data collection. Yosuke Kawashima, and Shunichi Sugawara prepared the initial draft of the report with input from other authors. All authors approved the final version of the report.