Katsura, Hideyuki https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1930-6236
Suga, Yukio
Kimoto, Shinji
Makihara, Reiko Ando
Ota, Hiroshi
Toi, Hitomi
Takata, Naoko
Ikesue, Hiroaki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP23K06251)
Article History
Received: 4 December 2025
Accepted: 2 April 2026
First Online: 13 April 2026
Declarations
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: Hideyuki Katsura has received a speaker honorarium from Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.
: The data that support the findings of this study contain personal information and are therefore not publicly available. De-identified data may be provided by the corresponding author upon reasonable request and subject to institutional approval.
: This retrospective study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Komatsu Municipal Hospital (approval no. 02–23). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.