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Authors
Tanno, Sakurako
Ikeda, Ai
Maruyama, Koutatsu
Saito, Isao
Tomooka, Kiyohide
Tanigawa, Takeshi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3373-4492
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (JP))
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
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Article History
Received: 21 August 2024
Revised: 17 October 2024
Accepted: 20 November 2024
First Online: 5 December 2024
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: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine and the Ethics Committee of Juntendo University. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional committee, Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects in Japan, and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Written, informed consent was obtained from all study participants.
