Liu, Mingtao
Liu, Li
Qi, Weitian
Zheng, Xianhui
Chen, Jiaxi
Yao, Jiani
Li, Yufeng
Lin, Jinhong
Li, Xiangyu
Hu, Xiangyi
Cheng, Zhangkai J.
Huang, Huimin
Sun, Baoqing
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangdong Zhong Nanshan Medical Foundation (ZNSXS-20220011)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2021B1515230008)
Guangdong Key Areas R&D Program (2022B0202030002)
Article History
Received: 20 November 2023
Accepted: 21 October 2024
First Online: 31 October 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance for this study was granted by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University under approval number GYFYY-2021-K25. Also, our study did indeed involve minor participants under the age of 16. Consequently, we have ensured that informed consent was appropriately obtained from their parents or legal guardians. This procedure was adhered to and is now accurately documented in the Ethical Approval and Consent to Participate section of our manuscript. We affirm that all aspects of our research, particularly those involving minors, have been conducted in strict compliance with the ethical standards laid out in the 1964 Helsinki declaration, its subsequent amendments, and relevant local regulations. The ethical committee has reviewed and approved these consent procedures.
: All authors agree for the last version to be published.
: The authors declare no competing interests.