Zhu, Zheng-Qiu
Chen, Ling-Shan
Wang, Han
Liu, Fu-Ming
Luan, Yun
Wu, Lin-Lin
Liu, Niu
Wang, Pin
Huang, Hui
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Research Project of Jiangsu Province Hospital of TCM (Y17048)
the Research Project of Jiangsu Province of TCM (YB2015020)
Article History
Received: 12 April 2018
Revised: 25 July 2018
Accepted: 6 August 2018
First Online: 5 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Hui Huang, MD (Department of Ultrasound, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210029, China).
: 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.
: Pin Wang, PhD (Department of Endocrinology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Science and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China), kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution