Acknowledgement
This study was supported by the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Republic of Korea (KSN2022240), and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), Republic of Korea (HF20C0038). The funding source will have no input for interpretation or publication of the study results.
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