Kokeguchi, Hiroki
Toida, Chiaki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4551-4841
Tsunoyama, Taichiro
Iwashita, Masayuki
Miyake, Yasufumi
Article History
Received: 22 July 2025
Accepted: 18 October 2025
First Online: 14 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the institutional Ethics Committee of Shinshu University School of Medicine Graduate School of Medicine (approval no. 2024–795, October 8, 2024). All investigators conducted this study in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the Ethical Guidelines for Life Science and Medical Research Involving Human Subjects in Japan. The need for consent was waived by the Institutional Ethics Committee that approved our study, owing to the observational nature of the study design, as per the Personal Information Protection Law and National Research Ethics Guidelines in Japan.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.