Zuiki, Masashi
Managi, Akihiro
Watanabe, Kazunori
Iwata, Norihiro
Mitsuno, Rika
Konishi, Madoka
Yamano, Akio
Ichise, Eisuke
Hashiguchi, Kanae
Hasegawa, Tatsuji
Iehara, Tomoko
Article History
Received: 6 July 2025
Revised: 6 October 2025
Accepted: 8 October 2025
First Online: 21 October 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Clinical Ethics Committee of the University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (approval number: ERB-C-2426). Research was carried out in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: This study was designed and received ethical approval to written informed consent obtained from the legal guardians of each participant.
: The authors have read the STROBE statement checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared in accordance with this statement and checklist.
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.