Wu, Qingxia
Shi, Dapeng
Cheng, Tianming
Liu, Hongming
Hu, Niuniu
Chang, Xiaowan
Guo, Ying
Wang, Meiyun
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key R&D Program of China (YS2017YFGH000397)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81641168, 31470047, 81720108021, 81271565)
Henan Province Scientific and Technological Innovation Talents Project (164200510014)
Henan Province Scientific and Technological Cooperation Project (152106000014)
Key Project of Henan Medical Science and Technology Project (201501011)
Article History
Received: 15 March 2018
Revised: 28 May 2018
Accepted: 7 June 2018
First Online: 19 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Meiyun 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.
: One of the authors, Xiaowan Chang, has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all the patients prior to study inclusion.
: Institutional review board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• diagnostic study/observational• performed at one institution