Hu, Danni
Wang, Zheng
Wang, Shujie
Li, Yueqiang
Pei, Guangchang
Zeng, Rui
Xu, Gang
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82070739, 82370699)
National Science and Technology Major Project (82230021, 82170702)
Article History
Received: 25 September 2023
Accepted: 15 January 2024
First Online: 25 March 2024
Declarations
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: The authors of this article declare no conflicts of interest. The findings presented in this paper have not been previously published in any form, except for abstracts.
: This study followed the principles of the Helsinki Declaration and received approval from the Research Ethics Committee of Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (TJ-IRB202303121).
: The present study complies with the guidelines for human studies. No animals were used in this study.
: Due to the nature of the study being observational, no interventions were implemented on the participants, and no identifiable patient information was included. This was done to ensure the patients’ confidentiality and privacy. Therefore, all individuals involved in the research were exempted from providing informed consent.