Kakimoto, Akihiro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7452-629X
Watanabe, Shota https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1685-7976
Otaka, Yutaka
Murayama, Yui
Yoshimoto, Mitsuki
Fujise, Daisuke
Hasegawa, Shin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8309-5022
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI (JSPS, https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, grant number 22K13770))
Article History
Received: 19 February 2026
Accepted: 28 May 2026
First Online: 5 June 2026
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences (Approval No. 2025-069). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants, and all procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its amendments.
: Written informed consent for publication of the identifiable image shown in Fig. 1 was obtained from all participants prior to submission.
: The authors declare no competing interests.