Shirota, Go https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4215-3710
Sato, So
Yasunaga, Hideo
Aso, Shotaro
Akahane, Masaaki
Itoh, Daisuke
Abe, Osamu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (23AA2003)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (22AA2003)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24K20133)
The University of Tokyo
Article History
Received: 28 May 2024
Accepted: 1 August 2024
First Online: 26 September 2024
Declarations
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: The authors have no competing interest to disclose.
: We strictly adhered to the ethical guidelines laid out in the Declaration of Helsinki by the World Medical Association. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Tokyo (No. 3501-(5)).
: Our study fulfilled the necessary conditions to waive the need for informed consent based on the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects established by the Japanese National Government, which stipulates the requirements for protecting patient anonymity.