Hayasaka, Kiyoshi
Sasaki, Ayako
Kishikawa, Yumiko
Abiko, Yu
Arakaki, Haruka
Yasukohchi, Madoka
Takayama, Jun
Tamiya, Gen
Hasegawa, Hisaya
Ueda, Atsushi
Osawa, Motoki
Mitsui, Tetsuo
Article History
Received: 10 May 2025
Revised: 25 September 2025
Accepted: 23 October 2025
First Online: 5 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethics approval for this study was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Yamagata University School of Medicine, and the study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from the families of the patients to be included in the study.