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Okubo, Toshiki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0912-7422
Nagoshi, Narihito https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8267-5789
Yamane, Junichi
Kono, Hitoshi
Kobayashi, Yoshiomi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5536-5205
Yamamoto, Tatsuya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9935-9985
Kitamura, Kazuya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0117-4152
Ikegami, Takeshi
Horiuchi, Yosuke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8605-8550
Iga, Takahito https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7869-7421
Takeda, Kazuki
Ozaki, Masahiro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9055-264X
Suzuki, Satoshi
Matsumoto, Morio
Nakamura, Masaya
Watanabe, Kota https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4830-4690
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Received: 3 December 2025
Revised: 6 February 2026
Accepted: 13 February 2026
First Online: 23 February 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics and Institutional Review Board of our institute (approval number: #20180045). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study. We confirm that all relevant governmental and institutional regulations regarding the ethical use of human subjects were strictly followed throughout the study.
