Li, Chong
Li, Xinyi
He, Ke
Wu, Yang
Xie, Xiaoming
Yang, Jiju
Zhang, Fan
Yue, Yang
Hao, Huifeng
Zhao, Shaokun
Li, Xin
Tian, Guihua
Article History
Received: 19 September 2022
Accepted: 31 January 2023
First Online: 30 June 2023
Compliance with ethics guidelines
: Chong Li, Xinyi Li, Ke He, Yang Wu, Xiaoming Xie, Jiju Yang, Fan Zhang, Yang Yue, Huifeng Hao, Shaokun Zhao, Xin Li, and Guihua Tian declare that they have no conflict of interest. All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the <i>Helsinki Declaration</i> of 1975, as revised in 2000. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (DZMEC-KY-2018-44).