Shi, Zhang
Zhu, Chengcheng
Degnan, Andrew J.
Tian, Xia
Li, Jing
Chen, Luguang
Zhang, Xuefeng
Peng, Wenjia
Chen, Chao
Lu, Jianping
Jiang, Tao
Saloner, David
Article History
Received: 30 October 2017
Revised: 15 February 2018
Accepted: 20 February 2018
First Online: 9 April 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Qi Liu.
: 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.
: Qi Liu kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.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.
: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution