Zhang, Xiaoqian
Zuo, Xiaoli
Matheï, Catharina
Aertgeerts, Bert
Afnan, Masoud
Li, Tang
Buntinx, Frank
Vermandere, Mieke
Article History
Received: 3 November 2022
Accepted: 25 March 2023
First Online: 11 April 2023
Declarations
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: This study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All procedures were approved separately by the affiliated hospital of medical college Qingdao University (QYFY WZ 2018-12-02) and university hospital of KU Leuven (S62625). All participants provided written informed consent prior to participation, and it was clearly explained to all participants that they were free to withdraw from any part of the study at any point in time.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.