Competing interests
Shinichi, Hidenori
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Masaharu Shinkai, Shoichi Kuyama, Osamu Sasaki, Yasuhiro Yanagita, Minoru Yoshida, Shima Uneda, Yasushi Tsuji, Hidenori Harada, Yasunori Nishida, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Daisuke Himeji, Hitoshi Arioka, Kazuhiro Sato, Ryo Katsuki, and Hiroki Shomura received financial support (personal or to their institution) for this study under a clinical trial contract with Nippon Zoki. Masaharu Shinkai received writing fees from Nippon Zoki in relation to this manuscript. Noriyuki Katsumata received honoraria from Nippon Zoki as a medical expert for this study. Shinichi Kawai received research grants from Nippon Zoki and was involved in this study as a medical expert. Hideshi Nakano, Hideaki Ohtani, Kazutaka Sasaki, and Takeshi Adachi are employees of Nippon Zoki.