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Authors
Seki, Yoichi
Takemura, Ryo
Sutoh, Chihiro
Noguchi, Remi
Okamoto, Yoko
Ohira, Ikuyo
Nagata, Shinobu
Shimizu, Eiji
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16K08863)
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Article History
Received: 10 May 2023
Accepted: 8 August 2025
First Online: 24 September 2025
Declarations
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: The study received ethical approval from the Institutional Review Board of Chiba University Hospital (reference number: G29036). All procedures performed in this study comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and the Helsinki Declaration. The study was also registered in the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN000029987; https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr/ctr_view.cgi? recptno=R000034247) on Nov 20, 2017. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients after they were fully briefed on the procedures prior to screening for eligibility.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
