Kang, Seok Hui
Park, So Young
Lim, Yu Jeong
Choi, Ji Young
Kim, Bo Yeon
Do, Jun Young
Funding for this research was provided by:
Basic Science Research Program through the NRF of Korea, funded by the Ministry of Education (2022R1I1A3072966)
Medical Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (2022R1A5A2018865)
Article History
Received: 17 November 2025
Accepted: 30 March 2026
First Online: 5 May 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted ethically in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the institutional review board (IRB) of the Yeungnam University Medical Center (approval no. YUMC 2023-12-012). Informed consent was not obtained from the patients since the records and information of the participants were anonymized and de-identified before the analysis. The IRB also waived the need for obtaining informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.