Masuda, Sakue
Imamura, Yoshinori
Shimoyama, Rai
Uryu, Kiyoaki
Mase, Takahiro
Taguri, Masataka
Okuda, Tadahisa
Shiragami, Megumi
Fujimura, Yoshiaki
Hayashi, Maki
Minami, Hironobu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Labour Sciences Research Grant (23EA1036)
Article History
Received: 26 July 2024
Accepted: 4 February 2026
First Online: 13 February 2026
Declarations
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: The project was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Tokushukai Group in April 2020 (approval number: TGE01427-024) and conducted according to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. The patients provided consent using the opt-out method.
: No applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.