Shitara, Yoshihiko http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7449-3838
Konno, Ryo
Yoshihara, Masahito http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8915-9282
Kashima, Kohei http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8727-7613
Ito, Atsushi
Mukai, Takeo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6648-1271
Kimoto, Goh http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0597-654X
Kakiuchi, Satsuki http://orcid.org/0009-0003-7646-7643
Ishikawa, Masaki
Kakihara, Tomo
Nagamatsu, Takeshi
Takahashi, Naoto
Fujishiro, Jun
Kawakami, Eiryo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9955-4342
Ohara, Osamu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3328-9571
Kawashima, Yusuke http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9779-8199
Watanabe, Eiichiro http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2050-3740
Funding for this research was provided by:
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23K15465, 19K24007)
Kawano Masanori Public Interest Incorporated Foundation for Promotion of Pediatrics, and Gunma Foundation for Medicine and Health Science.
Article History
Received: 6 December 2023
Accepted: 19 June 2024
First Online: 17 July 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval was granted by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Tokyo Hospital (number 2019010NI-13). Additionally, informed consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of all participants. All methods were conducted in strict accordance with the ethical guidelines outlined in the Japanese Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects.