Musangile, Fidele Y.
Matsuzaki, Ibu
Iwamoto, Ryuta
Sagan, Kanako
Nishikawa, Mizuki
Mikasa, Yurina
Takahashi, Yuichi
Higashine, Ryoma
Kojima, Fumiyoshi
Hara, Isao
Murata, Shin-ichi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9862-3051
Article History
Received: 23 June 2024
Revised: 2 August 2024
Accepted: 14 August 2024
First Online: 21 August 2024
Declarations
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: Participants provided informed consent prior to inclusion in this study. In cases where obtaining informed consent was not feasible, an opt-out informed consent protocol for the use of participant data for research purposes was employed. This consent procedure, along with the study design, underwent review and received approval by the Institutional Review Board of Wakayama Medical University under approval number 3263, on August 21, 2021.
: The authors declare no competing interests.