Zhou, Qin
Shao, Xinxin
Wu, Xiaodan
Guo, Junying
Yang, Lu
Ye, Jianhong
Feng, Xia
Yang, Da-Ya
Liang, Qingchun
Taylor, David C. M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (207201091014)
Ministry of Science and Technology of China (80000-51200005)
Article History
Received: 22 September 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 2 February 2026
Declarations
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: All participants provided informed consent, and this study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Gulf Medical University (Ref. no. IRB-COM-MHPE-STD-72-APRIL-2023) and permission from the Senior management of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.