Funding for this research was provided by:
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (RDF-21-02-011)
Article History
Accepted: 13 March 2024
First Online: 21 March 2024
Declarations
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: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5). Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.
: This ethical application for this research project was reviewed and approved by the University Ethics Committee of Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University in February 2023.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Hua Li has received research grants from Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University (RDF-21–02-011).