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Authors
Salah, Reham
Washimi, Mari
Iwaki, Shinobu
Yokoi, Jun
Uehara, Natsumi
Fujita, Takeshi
Gamal, Reham
El-Badry, Mohamed
Kakigi, Akinobu
Nibu, Ken-ichi
Abdelkader, Rafeek Mohamed
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
This study was funded by grants from the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Japan (#22K09725)
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Article History
Received: 16 July 2025
Accepted: 19 September 2025
First Online: 29 September 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Human Ethics Committee of Kobe University Hospital Clinical & Translational Research Center: (application number: B230039, Principal Investigator name: Ken-ichi Nibu), and complied with the amended Declaration of Helsinki (JAMA 2000;284:3043–3049). Written consents were obtained from all participants after explanation of study procedure to them.
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: Dr. Mohamed El-Badry is a co-author of this study and Associate Editor for the journal. Dr. El-Badry has not involved in handling this manuscript during review process. The rest of the authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
