Zhao, Zhifeng
Bai, Bin
Wang, Shiqi
Zhou, Yin
Yu, Pengfei
Zhao, Qingchuan
Yang, Bin
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82100680)
Clinical Application Research Project of National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases (NCRCDD2020-05)
Article History
Received: 31 October 2023
Accepted: 25 January 2024
First Online: 16 February 2024
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines of the Helsinki Declaration. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from Chinese Ethics Committee of Registering Clinical Trials (ChiECRCT20200151). Informed consent was initially obtained from all participants during the recruitment phase of the larger, ongoing prospective study (ChiCTR2000034379, 04/07/2020, ExternalRef removed). All patient data used in the study were kept strictly confidential.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.