Kobayashi, Takaomi
Yamada, Keiko
Yamaguchi, Satoshi
Ishibashi, Hideaki
Arai, Tomoyuki
Morita, Yasuhiro
Ito, Yoichi M.
Ohe, Takashi
Nakagawa, Ryo
Article History
Received: 8 May 2025
Accepted: 9 January 2026
First Online: 14 January 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures in studies involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional review board of Saitama Medical University (Registration number: 957) and the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all participants through an opt-out process.