Mao, Jiaji
Fang, Jin
Duan, Xiaohui
Yang, Zehong
Cao, Minghui
Zhang, Fang
Lu, Liejing
Zhang, Xiang
Wu, Xiaoyan
Ding, Yue
Shen, Jun http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7746-5285
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangdong Province Universities and Colleges Pearl River Scholar Funded Scheme (2017)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81571739, 81371607)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2014A030312018, 2017A030313777)
National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB755500)
Elite Young Scholars Program of Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital (J201403)
Guangdong Medical Research Foundation (A2017248)
Article History
Received: 13 October 2018
Revised: 27 November 2018
Accepted: 5 December 2018
First Online: 7 January 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof. Jun Shen.
: 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 waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University (Guangzhou, China).
: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution