Li, Lingli
Fan, Wenliang
Li, Jun
Li, Quanlin
Wang, Jin
Fan, Yang
Ye, Tianhe
Guo, Jialun
Li, Sen
Zhang, Youpeng
Cheng, Yongbiao
Tang, Yong
Zeng, Hanqing
Yang, Lian
Zhu, Zhaohui
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81701673)
Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2017CFB796)
Article History
Received: 3 November 2017
Revised: 17 January 2018
Accepted: 1 February 2018
First Online: 29 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Lian Yang.
: 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.
: 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 by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Union Hospital.
: • prospective• case-control study/diagnostic study• performed at one institution