Jiang, Qian http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6023-2290
Wang, Yang
Gao, Yang
Wang, Hui
Zhang, Zhen
Li, Qi
Xu, Shuhua
Cai, Wei
Li, Long
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Initiative for Innovative Medicine (CAMS-I2M)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81771620, 82070532, 81670469, 81700451, 91731303, 31771388, 31961130380, 31711530221, 81630039)
Shanghai Municipal Population and Family Planning Commission (201840028)
the Innovative Research Team of High-level Local Universities in Shanghai
the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (31525014)
the UK Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellowship
Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (QYZDJ-SSW-SYS009)
the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (2017SHZDZX01)
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (17DZ2272000)
the Public Welfare Industry Research Special Foundation of China (201402007)
Article History
Received: 16 October 2020
Accepted: 11 December 2020
First Online: 12 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: Patient sampling was conducted through the Hirschsprung Disease Consortium of China (HDCC) spanning two clinical centers across North and South China. This study was approved by the medical ethics committee of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics (SHERLL 2013039) and Xinhua Hospital (XHEC-C-2016-263) and was carried out according to the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Subjects or their legal representatives participating in this study provided written consent for publication of the results.