Zhang, Hong
Ho, Ka Yan
Yorke, Janelle
Mao, Ting
Abulaiti, Gulisumuhan
Dong, Shuwan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (2023D01C108)
Article History
Received: 26 January 2026
Accepted: 29 May 2026
First Online: 1 June 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University (K202504-38), and written informed consent was obtained from all patients.