Kotozaki, Yuka
Tanno, Kozo
Otsuka, Kotaro
Sasaki, Makoto
Funding for this research was provided by:
Reconstruction Agency, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP20km0105003j0009 and JP21tm0124006)
Article History
Received: 5 November 2024
Accepted: 11 December 2025
First Online: 24 December 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures were performed in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Iwate Medical University (HG H25-2 and HG 2018-004). All participants provided informed consent to participate.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.