Hashiguchi, Naofumi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-2599
Fujiwara, Yasushi
Sato, Nanoha
Matsumoto, Akiko
Murakami, Yasushi
Kotaka, Shinji
Ota, Ryo
Adachi, Nobuo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hiroshima University
Article History
Received: 23 May 2025
Accepted: 17 July 2025
First Online: 12 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: The institutional review board approved the study (approval number: 06–6-8), ensuring adherence to ethical guidelines and the STROBE statement for reporting observational studies.