Yao, Shi-Qi
Liang, Jia-Jian
Zhou, Hui
Tan, Shaoying
Cao, Yingjie
Chen, Chong-Bo
Xu, Ciyan
Wang, Ruixi
Li, Tai-Ping
Zhao, Fang-Fang
Wang, Yun
He, Han-Jie
Zhang, Dan
Wang, Meng
Liu, Lifang
Yu-Wai-Man, Patrick
Wei, Shihui
Cen, Ling-Ping https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-0606
Article History
Received: 12 September 2024
Revised: 9 March 2025
Accepted: 26 March 2025
First Online: 30 May 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Procedures involving human participants and data were approved by the ethics committee of Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (JSIEC) (EC 20200512(4)-P01). The study conformed to the tenets of the Helsinki Declaration. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants or their guardians prior to the collection of clinical data, venous blood samples and publishing identifiable images.