Narumoto, Keiichiro
Fukue, Misaki
Iwaizumi, Moriya
Fetters, Michael D.
Crabtree, Benjamin F.
Inoue, Machiko
Article History
Received: 8 October 2025
Accepted: 2 January 2026
First Online: 8 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Hamamatsu University School of Medicine on May 31, 2017 (reference number: 17–050) and was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent to participate in the quantitative and qualitative studies.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.