Hu, Jiali
Zhang, Peixin
Zhang, Hongxia
Funding for this research was provided by:
2023 Annual Corps Guiding Science and Technology Plan Project of Shihezi University
Article History
Received: 22 April 2025
Accepted: 24 September 2025
First Online: 17 October 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee (approval number 2203) and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.Written informed consent was obtained from legally authorized representatives (LARs) of all minor participants under 18 years of age. Additionally, LARs provided a signed statement confirming that assent was appropriately sought from the minors, with research participation decisions made in accordance with the minors’ best interests.This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Science and Technology of The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University (Approval No. KJ2024-262-01) on 15 May 2024.Patient samples were collected retrospectively (2014–2016), and ethical approval was obtained in May 2024 for secondary analysis of anonymized data in compliance with national regulations and the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.