Yan, Dan
Xie, Jingwen
Cheng, Wanling
Xue, Wen
Den, Yaohong
Zhang, JianXing
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau - Guangzhou Municipal Government and Research Institutes Joint Funding Program (2024A03J0705, 2024A03J0705, 2024A03J0705, 2024A03J0705, 2024A03J0705, 2024A03J0705)
Article History
Received: 3 January 2025
Accepted: 19 June 2025
First Online: 1 July 2025
Declarations
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: This retrospective study was carried out using the opt-out method for a case series at our hospital. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Approval No. YE2023-256) and was conducted in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was waived by our Institutional Review Board because of the retrospective nature of this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.