Ota, Kazumichi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5440-4663
Nakazato, Yoshihiko
Seo, Kazuhide
Kawasaki, Hitoshi
Okada, Mariko
Mithufuji, Takashi
Ito, Yasuo
Yamamoto, Toshimasa
Article History
Received: 29 March 2024
Accepted: 4 April 2025
First Online: 17 April 2025
Declarations
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: The Institutional Research Ethics Board of Saitama Medical University, Japan, approved the study protocol (Approval No. 2022-004). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Research Ethics Board because the researchers only handled anonymized information.
: The release of information on this clinical study was posted on the website from May 9, 2022, to March 31, 2023, providing participants with the opportunity to opt out of the release of information. There were no refusals to disclose this information.
: The authors declare no competing interests.