Zhong, Kexin
Lai, Xuqing
Zhang, Jiaying
Yang, Xien
Zheng, Zhouzhou
Liao, Guozhu
Zhang, Na
Xu, Yingyi
Article History
Received: 2 September 2025
Accepted: 30 January 2026
First Online: 9 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Guangzhou Medical University on October 9, 2023 (Approval No. [2023]252A01). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in 2013). Written informed consent was obtained from the legal guardians of all participants prior to enrollment.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.