Adawy, Ahmad
Yoshii, Daiki
Hirao, Hiroki
Komohara, Yoshihiro
Fujiwara, Yukio
Tomita, Masahiro
Honda, Masaki
Han, Jia
Liu, Yao
Yamada, Sohsuke
Yamamoto, Masahiro
Hiyama, Eiso
Hibi, Taizo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (25K02477)
Article History
Received: 2 October 2025
Accepted: 17 November 2025
First Online: 4 December 2025
Declarations
:
: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent for participation in the study was obtained from the patients’ caregivers. The protocol of this study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Kumamoto University (IRB No. 2927), as well as the ethics committee of Kanazawa Medical University (IRB No. 1367).