Article History
Received: 9 April 2025
Revised: 10 September 2025
Accepted: 27 September 2025
First Online: 13 October 2025
Declarations
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: This study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Jikei University School of Medicine on October 22, 2016 (approval number, #30–222).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: We followed the ICMJE 4 authorship criteria and stated that all authors take full responsibility for the integrity of all aspects of the work.
: The authors declare no competing interests.