Shirasaki, Kasumi
Okada, Yohei
Horie, Katsuhiro
Hada, Tasuku
Watanabe, Yu
Toya, Nozomi
Isokawa, Shutaro
Hifumi, Toru
Okajima, Masaki
Otani, Norio
Funding for this research was provided by:
The St. Luke’s Health Sciences Research Fund, the Kihachiro Arai Research Fund, and the Research Support Program.
Article History
Received: 8 August 2025
Accepted: 28 August 2025
First Online: 24 October 2025
Declarations
:
: The research received approval from the institutional review board of St. Luke’s International Hospital (approval number 22-R038). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.