Kim, Mai
Gu, Wenchao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1505-9887
Iwakawa, Reika Kawabata-
Kina, Shinichiro
Nakajima, Takahito
Higuchi, Tetsuya
Ogawa, Masaru
Suzuki, Keisuke
Tsushima, Yoshito
Yokoo, Satoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18K1702)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (21K09838)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22K20814)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24K18786)
Article History
Received: 8 October 2024
Revised: 25 March 2025
Accepted: 17 April 2025
First Online: 14 May 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in this retrospective study were approved by the Institutional Review Board (approval number HS2020 - 007) of Gunma University in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and subsequent amendments or equivalent. As this is a retrospective study, the need for informed consent complied with the Institutional Review Board's criteria for opt-out.
: This study does not include any identifiable individual data.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.