Saito, Yoshitaka
Takekuma, Yoh
Komatsu, Yoshito
Sugawara, Mitsuru
Article History
Received: 31 July 2025
Accepted: 20 October 2025
First Online: 29 October 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. In this study, formal consent was waived by the Ethical Review Board for Life Science and Medical Research at Hokkaido University Hospital.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.