Article History
Accepted: 17 December 2024
First Online: 15 January 2025
Declarations
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: The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: Yao Yao, Qining Qiu, Zi Wang, Shikun Xu, and Qianzhou Lv declare that they have no potential conflicts of interest that might be relevant to the contents of this manuscript.
: No external funding was used in the preparation of this manuscript.
: Conceptualization: Qianzhou Lv and Yao Yao. Methodology: Yao Yao and Zi Wang. Software: Yao Yao and Qining Qiu. Validation: Qianzhou Lv, Shikun Xu, Yao Yao, and Qining Qiu. Formal analysis: Yao Yao and Qining Qiu. Investigation: Yao Yao and Zi Wang. Resources: Shikun Xu. Data curation: Yao Yao and Qining Qiu. Writing – original draft preparation: Yao Yao. Writing – review and editing: Qining Qiu and Shikun Xu. Visualization: Qianzhou Lv and Shikun Xu. Supervision: Shikun Xu. Project administration: Qianzhou Lv.
: The ethics committee at Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China, sanctioned the research, adhering to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: All patients provided informed consent before enrollment.
: Not applicable.
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