Gong, Yan
Liu, Hao
Zhang, Yuhong
Xu, Suliang
Shao, Yuyang
Lin, Shun
Wang, Zhiqiang
Zhuo, Hang
Liang, De
Yao, Zhensong
Li, Xiaochun
Liu, Jintao
Funding for this research was provided by:
the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82474529)
the General Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20241802)
the Training Program for Leading Talents in Traditional Chinese Medicine of Jiangsu Province (SLJ0310)
the General Program of Science and Technology Development Plan for Traditional Chinese Medicine of Jiangsu Province (MS2022080)
Article History
Received: 24 April 2026
Accepted: 20 July 2026
First Online: 24 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Approval No. K2020104). All participants provided written informed consent prior to enrollment.
Consent for publication: Written informed consent for publication of their clinical details and accompanying images was obtained from the patients (or their legal guardians) involved in this study.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.