Sun, Jian
Liu, Qingyuan
Seery, Samuel
Sun, Lu
Yuan, Yuan
Wang, Wenwen
Wang, Yan
Cui, Ziwei
Wang, Yueguo
Wang, Yulan
Zhu, Jiashan
Zhang, Mengping
Lai, Yinglei
Jin, Kui
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (12126604)
R&D project of Pazhou Lab (2023K0609)
Applicable Funding Source University of Science and Technology of China
Anhui Major Science and Technology Project (2020b07050001)
Article History
Received: 12 January 2024
Accepted: 22 May 2024
First Online: 1 June 2024
Declarations
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: This research received approval from the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei, China, under the approval number 2022-KY079. It was conducted in strict adherence to the ethical guidelines established by the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments, ensuring compliance with international ethical standards. Given the retrospective nature of this study and the absence of any clinical intervention, the Medical Research Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital) waived the requirement for patient-informed consent forms.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.