Hu, Qingjiang
Kimura, Yasue
Ikeda, Shinichiro
Tanaka, Yasushi
Nakanoko, Tomonori
Ota, Mitsuhiko
Yoshizumi, Tomoharu
Eto, Masatoshi
Oki, Eiji
Funding for this research was provided by:
Joint research funding provided by Denka Co., Ltd. (none, none, none)
Article History
Received: 31 January 2025
Revised: 24 May 2025
Accepted: 7 June 2025
First Online: 24 July 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all study participants. The study protocols were approved by the Ethics Committee of Kyushu University (reference numbers: 2021-61 and 21116-00). The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data, including personal details, images, or videos. No data from children are included. Therefore, consent for publication is not applicable in this case.