Okazaki, Mai
Ueda, Aya
Iguchi-Manaka, Akiko
Mathis, Bryan J.
Shimada, Kensuke
Machino, Takeshi
Yamada, Takeshi
Bando, Hiroko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant for Implementation of Advanced Medicine, University of Tsukuba (Advanced-87)
Article History
Received: 17 June 2025
Accepted: 22 August 2025
First Online: 14 October 2025
Declarations
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: The protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Tsukuba Hospital (TCRB21-007). This study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and adhered to the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.