Utami, Fasty Arum
Huang, Shih-Yi
Liu, Yu-Hsiang
Hsu, Jhih-Wei
Mazariegos, Jose Roberto Rodriguez
Nguyen, Nam Nhat
Huang, Shiu-Wen
Weng, Chih-Ming
Chuang, Hsiao-Chi
Huang, Chung-Hsiung
Tsai, Wan-Ling
Chen, Yang-Ching
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science and Technology Council (113-2628-B-038-006-MY3)
Taipei Medical University Hospital (112TMU-TMUH-02-1 and 113TMU-TMUH-01)
Article History
Received: 30 October 2025
Accepted: 8 July 2026
First Online: 17 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The human study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Taipei Medical University (N202203060) and conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from both parents/guardians and participating children. Animal procedures were approved by the Taipei Medical University IACUC (LAC2022-0241, LAC2023-0236) and complied with institutional and international animal care guidelines.
Consent for publication: Written informed consent for publication of the study data, including any potentially identifiable information, was obtained from all participating children and their parents or legal guardians.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.