Shimizu, Ikuo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6731-7104
Kasai, Hajime https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6759-2026
Ozaki, Naoto https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8276-2647
Nishiuchi, Hiromu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8515-2748
Shikino, Kiyoshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3721-3443
Araki, Nobuyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5703-3829
Onodera, Misaki https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0126-9143
Kimura, Yasuhiko https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6844-7347
Tsukamoto, Tomoko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1350-203X
Tajima, Hiroshi https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2581-6193
Ito, Shoichi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3659-6152
Kawakami, Eiryo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9955-4342
Article History
Received: 6 February 2026
Accepted: 17 April 2026
First Online: 28 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University (Approval No. 3425). Informed consent was obtained from all participants. All procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and declaration of Helsinki.
: Authors are required to disclose financial or non-financial interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication.