Yamashita, Yumiko https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1135-2861
Hanada, Keiji
Ishii, Yasutaka
Shimizu, Akinori
Hirano, Tetsuro
Okuda, Yasuhiro
Yonehara, Shuji
Tanaka, Shinji
Oka, Shiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hiroshima University
Article History
Received: 25 December 2025
Accepted: 1 May 2026
First Online: 9 June 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its amendments.
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients included in this study.