Harada, Hidenori https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3129-6611
Matsuo, Ayaka
Yamashita, Atsuo
Matsumoto, Mishiya
Article History
Received: 20 November 2024
Accepted: 3 July 2025
First Online: 14 July 2025
Declarations
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: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Yamaguchi University Hospital (approval no. 2022–057). The study is registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trial Registry (UMIN000055607).
: All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.