Li, Xiangwen
Yang, Lin
Wang, Qimeng
Tao, Juan
Pan, Ziang
Wang, Shaowu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2221-1154
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81771804)
Article History
Received: 10 May 2020
Revised: 21 October 2020
Accepted: 16 November 2020
First Online: 8 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Shaowu Wang, MD, PHD.
: 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 patients in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• case-control study/diagnostic study• performed at one institution