Lee, Hye-Yoon
Kim, Jundong
Choi, Hyojae
Bae, Hyojin
Jeong, Aram
Choi, Sungyoul
Kim, Ji-Hwan
Kim, Chang-Eop
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grants funded by the Korean government (no. 2022R1I1A2066653)
the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) grant funded by the Korea governmen (RS-2024-00339889)
Article History
Received: 15 August 2025
Accepted: 11 November 2025
First Online: 24 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was approved by Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Gil Korean Medicine Hospital, Gachon University (Approval No. GIRB-25-101). All participants were provided with a detailed explanation of the study objectives and procedures, and written informed consent to participate was obtained from all participants prior to their enrollment in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.