Kamimura, Go
Maeda, Koki
Aoki, Masaya
Imamura, Satomi
Morizono, Shoichiro
Tokunaga, Takuya
Umehara, Tadashi
Harada-Takeda, Aya
Nagata, Toshiyuki
Ueda, Kazuhiro
Article History
Received: 5 January 2025
Accepted: 24 March 2025
First Online: 9 April 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Kagoshima University Hospital Ethics Committee (Approval No: [240178]). Since this study involved minimal risk to participants, the requirement for written informed consent was waived by the IRB, and an opt-out approach was used. Participants were informed about the study through Kagoshima University website, and they had the opportunity to decline participation.
: Consent has been obtained from all concerned parties.
: The authors declare no competing interests.