Acknowledgments
We thank Yukie Ooyama, Sanae Monobe, and Yumi Shiroishi from the Department of Clinical Laboratory at Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital for their expert technical assistance. The authors also thank the medical and nursing staff working at our institution for their dedicated care of the patients.
Disclosure statement
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
Data availability statement
Data are available on request from the corresponding author.