Iwamae, Masayoshi
Tamai, Koji
Ikebuchi, Mitsuhiko
Takahashi, Shinji
Higuchi, Yumi
Uemura, Kazuki
Ueda, Masaya
Okazaki, Kazunobu
Yokoyama, Hisayo
Kawabata, Haruka
Nakamura, Hiroaki
Terai, Hidetomi
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Grant Program for the Formation of Collaborative Research Groups provided by Osaka Metropolitan University
Article History
Received: 31 December 2025
Accepted: 10 March 2026
First Online: 24 March 2026
Declarations
:
: Data collection and the study protocol were approved by the Ethical Committee of Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine (approval number: 2024 − 158). Informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.