Iwaya, Mai http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2135-2219
Kodama, Makoto
Abe, Keiko
Maeda, Kahoko
Nakajima, Tomoyuki
Uehara, Takeshi
Nishio, Risa
Yamana, Tetsuo
Riddell, Robert
Ota, Hiroyoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20K16170)
Shinshu University
Article History
Received: 24 May 2024
Revised: 22 July 2024
Accepted: 11 August 2024
First Online: 21 August 2024
Declarations
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: The study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Shinshu University Research Ethics Committee (5359, 22 November 2021) and Tokyo Yamate Medical Center (J-155, 7 September 2022). Our institutional review board waived the requirement for informed consent, and patients were provided with the opportunity to opt-out of the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.