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  • The following exclusion criteria were applied; 1) patients who visited the clinic for a second opinion or those who were referred to other facilities on their first/second visit, because some baseline data were likely missing and the follow-up period was short in these patients, 2) patients younger than 20 years of age, because the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Human Research Involving Human Subjects published by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare require a written consent by parents/guardians for patients under age of 20 and it is impractical to obtain such consent for this study.
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