Chu, Shanshan
Chen, Yingjun
Zheng, Wei
Yin, Qiaoqiao
Xu, Chengan
Xu, Chandi
Yu, Li
Xu, Keyang
Wang, Hongxia
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Science and Technology Development Fund, Macau SAR (0121/2022/A3; 0107/2025/ITP2)
the Faculty Research Grants of the Macau University of Science and Technology (FRG-25-078-FC)
National Natural Science Foundation for Youth of China (8250112390)
the Medical and Health Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Province (2025KY473, 2025HY1505)
Article History
Received: 12 January 2026
Accepted: 11 May 2026
First Online: 16 May 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tiantai People’s Hospital of Zhejiang Province (number: 202602111736000458615), and informed consent was obtained from each patient. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.