Zhu, Chengcheng
Wang, Xinrui
Degnan, Andrew J.
Shi, Zhang
Tian, Bing
Liu, Qi
Hess, Christopher
Saloner, David
Lu, Jianping http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0380-7470
Article History
Received: 9 March 2018
Revised: 24 April 2018
Accepted: 3 May 2018
First Online: 5 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof. Jianping Lu.
: 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 has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• observational• performed at one institution