Higuchi, Yujiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5579-4384
Ando, Masahiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6187-9042
Kojima, Fumikazu
Yuan, Junhui http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3808-7813
Hashiguchi, Akihiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6114-998X
Yoshimura, Akiko http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1768-3181
Hiramatsu, Yu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1217-0870
Nozuma, Satoshi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4909-7769
Fukumura, Shinobu http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9829-4833
Yahikozawa, Hiroyuki
Abe, Erika
Toyoshima, Itaru
Sugawara, Masashiro http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2838-6198
Okamoto, Yuji
Matsuura, Eiji http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8215-8853
Takashima, Hiroshi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0989-6141
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP16ek0109010h0003, JP23ek0109625h0001)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science London (JP18H02742, JP20K16604, JP21K15702, JP21H02842, JP22K15713, JP22K07495, JP22K07519, JP23K06931)
Article History
Received: 5 July 2023
Revised: 11 September 2023
Accepted: 13 September 2023
First Online: 26 September 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: The study protocol underwent review and approval by the institutional review board at Kagoshima University.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all patients and their family members to participate in this study, which also included consent for the genetic analyses.