Chujo, Yuta
Mano, Naoto
Mori, Kimihiko
Kuwabara, Takayuki
Tanaka, Hiroaki
Kuramoto, Jin
Fujiwara, Ayami
Kajihara, Kiichi
Rokutani, Minami
Morikawa, Tomotaka
Wakida, Masanori
Hase, Kimitaka
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23K19909)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23K16560)
Article History
Received: 22 May 2025
Accepted: 6 January 2026
First Online: 23 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kansai Medical University (approval number 022150). For the research initiative, all participants provided written informed consent that explicitly included permission for future research use of their de-identified data (i.e., secondary use). For routine clinical assessments, aligning with institutional policy for retrospective studies using de-identified clinical data, an opt-out process was implemented.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.