Yan, Zhaoqi
Xu, Yifeng
Peng, Ting
Du, Xiufan
Article History
Received: 8 April 2025
Accepted: 21 July 2025
First Online: 24 July 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This investigation strictly adhered to the ethical standards established in the 2013 revised version of the Declaration of Helsinki. Notably, the anonymization protocol employed "SEQN" alphanumeric identifiers that completely dissociate demographic records from biological specimens, thereby achieving dual safeguards: (1) irreversible de-identification surpassing HIPAA standards; (2) establishment of an ethical compliance framework through technical isolation of personally identifiable information.
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