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Authors
Endo, Shunji
Higashida, Masaharu
Fujiwara, Yoshinori
Furuya, Kei
Yano, Shuya
Okada, Toshimasa
Yoshimatsu, Kazuhiko
Ueno, Tomio
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Article History
Received: 4 December 2024
Accepted: 12 February 2025
First Online: 25 February 2025
Declarations
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: The protocol for this research project was approved by a suitably constituted Ethics Committees of Kawasaki Medical School (approval No. 5083-01). This study was conducted according to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki. The need for informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee of Kawasaki Medical School, as the study exclusively analyzed retrospective clinical data without direct involvement of the investigators. Instead, an opt-out recruitment strategy was employed in accordance with national regulations and institutional guidelines.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
