Article History
Accepted: 2 July 2024
First Online: 8 August 2024
Declarations
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: The authors did not receive support from any organization for the submitted work.
: Hisashi Urushihara has received research funds from Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., outside of the present work and bearing no role in it. Rina Omata, Akane Asami, and Azusa Hara have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee for Research Involving Humans of Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy (No. 220406-2), according to the local ethical guidelines for biological and medical research involving human subjects. This study was conducted for non-commercial purposes by an academic research organization, and the requirement for individual consent to the collection and secondary use of existing personal health data was therefore waived according to the Japanese Privacy Protection Law.
: Not applicable.
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: All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article.
: Not applicable.
: Conceptualization, RO and HU; methodology, RO and HU; formal analysis, RO and HU; validation, AA; resources, HU; writing - original draft preparation; RO; writing - review and editing; AA, AH, and HU; supervision, AH and HU. All authors gave final approval of the version to be published, and agreed on the journal to which the article has been submitted. Further, all authors agree to take responsibility and be accountable for the contents of the article. All authors read and approved the final version.