Jeon, Hyeon Do https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0918-4913
Jeong, Kyung Hwan
Hwang, Hyeon Seok
Sung, Ji-Youn
Ha, Kyungsik
Choi, Woochang
Lee, Hwajin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6322-3808
Kim, Jin Sug https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7361-8715
Article History
Received: 25 November 2025
Accepted: 29 June 2026
First Online: 6 July 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kyung Hee University Medical Center (approval No. 2023-05-084) and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: Hyeon Do Jeon is the sole first author, with no co-first authors.
: Not applicable.
: Hwajin Lee is a co-founder of UPPThera, inc., but this work was not funded by the company.