Cao, Guanmei
Edden, Richard A. E.
Gao, Fei
Li, Hao
Gong, Tao
Chen, Weibo
Liu, Xiaohui
Wang, Guangbin
Zhao, Bin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shandong Provincial Key Research and Development Plan of China (2016ZDJS07A16)
Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (BS2015YY003)
National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scholars (81601479)
National Institutes of Health (R01 EB016089 and P41 EB015909)
Article History
Received: 27 June 2017
Revised: 18 August 2017
Accepted: 7 September 2017
First Online: 6 October 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Guangbin Wang.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: This study has received funding by the Shandong Provincial Key Research and Development Plan of China (2016ZDJS07A16) and the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. BS2015YY003) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scholars (no. 81601479). This project was also supported by NIH grant R01 EB016089 and P41 EB015909.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• case-control study• performed at one institution