Nadbitova, Ekaterina
Takei, Nobuyuki
Hirokawa, Sachiko
Hatano, Yuya
Ishihara, Tomohiko
Onodera, Osamu
Koike, Yuka Mitsuhashi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kyowakai
Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Article History
Received: 7 March 2026
Accepted: 18 June 2026
First Online: 23 June 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the institutional review board of Niigata University (approval number: G2021-0010, approved on September 29, 2021) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The requirement for additional informed consent was waived due to the retrospective design.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.