Tsutsumi, Ikuyo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2675-7090
Yamamoto, Masahide
Fujio, Takayuki
Kosugi, Nobuharu
Oshikawa, Gaku
Yamamoto, Koh
Kumagai, Takasi
Miki, Toru
Kudo, Daisuke
Toyota, Shigeo
Nakamura, Yuichi
Kawai, Nobutaka
Hagiwara, Masao
Kobayashi, Takeshi
Arai, Ayako
Komeno, Takuya
Kojima, Hiroshi
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Article History
Received: 28 November 2024
Revised: 11 May 2025
Accepted: 12 May 2025
First Online: 20 May 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was conducted ethically in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki and Ethical Guidelines for Life Sciences and Medical Research Involving Human Subjects. The study protocol and all amendments were approved by National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center Ethics Review Committee (approval number 2019-11) and also by the Institutional Review Board at each institution. Written informed consent to participate in this study was obtained from all participants.