Kato, Naoto
Matsubayashi, Jun
Hoshino, Shinsuke
Kobayashi, Tohru
Kuwabara, Masanari
Masuda, Hiroya
Ae, Ryusuke
Article History
Received: 15 June 2025
Revised: 13 December 2025
Accepted: 22 December 2025
First Online: 4 February 2026
Competing interests
: This study was supported by grants and funding from a non-profit organization, the Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center. No other disclosures were reported.
: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shiga University of Medical Science (Receipt ID: R2022-013) and the Jichi Medical University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Receipt IDs: 23-130 and 24-083). These Committees approved the waiver of the requirement for informed consent.