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DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study and performed data analysis and
interpretation: Hara H, Mihara M

Availability of data and materials
Not applicable.

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
The institutional ethics committee approved the study (approval number: R03-04) and consent to
participate was obtained from each patient.

Consent for publication
Written informed consent was obtained from each patient.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023.

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