Bui, Thuy Thi
Nakamoto, Mariko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7548-7499
Yamada, Kana
Nakamoto, Akiko
Hata, Akiko
Aki, Nanako
Shikama, Yosuke https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0495-8393
Bando, Yukiko
Ichihara, Takako
Minagawa, Takako
Tamura, Ayako
Kuwamura, Yumi
Funaki, Makoto
Sakai, Tohru
Article History
Received: 10 January 2024
Revised: 24 October 2024
Accepted: 30 October 2024
First Online: 13 November 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted according to the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was approved by the institutional review board of Tokushima University Hospital (Ethical approval number: 662-17). Written consent was obtained from all participants.