Saito, Yoshitaka
Takekuma, Yoh
Komatsu, Yoshito
Sugawara, Mitsuru
Article History
Received: 10 May 2024
Accepted: 3 March 2025
First Online: 10 March 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures involving human participants performed in this study were carried out in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study, formal consent was waived by the Ethical Review Board for Life Science and Medical Research of the Hokkaido University Hospital.
: For this type of study, formal consent was not required.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.