Kim, Hyung Doo
Park, Myung-Sook
Kim, Woo-Jin
Lee, Jiho
Lim, Myung Ho
Chae, Sumi
Lee, Dong-Wook
Kim, Hwan-Cheol
Funding for this research was provided by:
Korea National Institute of Health (2024-ER0911-00)
Article History
Received: 4 March 2026
Accepted: 18 May 2026
First Online: 27 May 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Inha University Hospital (IRB No. 2024-07-009, approved on August 5, 2024). The protocol was registered with the Clinical Research Information Service (CRIS; KCT0009917, November 8, 2024). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their enrollment in the study.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.