Ishikawa, Hideki
Mutoh, Michihiro
Yamane, Tetsuro
Wakabayashi, Keiji
Hirata, Keiji
Iwama, Takeo
Nakamura, Tomiyo
Tomita, Naohiro
Matsuyama, Yutaka
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Article History
Received: 27 November 2025
Accepted: 8 February 2026
First Online: 2 March 2026
Declarations
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: After approval by the Institutional Review Board of the Osaka Prefectural Adult Disease Center, the study was conducted with the approval of the institutional review boards at each participating institution. An independent ethics monitoring committee was established for this study, and patients were continuously monitored throughout the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.