Cheng, Sainan
Fang, Mengjie
Cui, Chen
Chen, Xiuyu
Yin, Gang
Prasad, Sanjay K.
Dong, Di
Tian, Jie
Zhao, Shihua
Funding for this research was provided by:
Major international (regional) joint research project of National Science Foundation of China (81620108015)
Capital Characteristic and Clinical Application Research Fund from the Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology (Z161100000516110)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81771924, 61231004, 81501616, 81301346, 81501549, 81527805 and 81671851)
Science and Technology Service Network Initiative of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFJ-SW-STS-160)
Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KGZD-EW-T03)
Instrument Developing Project (YZ201502)
Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the CAS (XDB02060010)
Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (Z161100002616022)
Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS
Article History
Received: 12 September 2017
Revised: 1 February 2018
Accepted: 19 February 2018
First Online: 4 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Shihua Zhao.
: 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.
: Di Dong and Mengjie Fang have significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board because of the retrospective nature.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution