Wang, Zusen
Li, Yongxing
Zhan, Shixiong
Zhang, Lu
Zhang, Shun
Tang, Qian
Li, Miaomiao
Tan, Zhen
Liu, Shiguo
Xing, Xiaoming
Funding for this research was provided by:
China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists (1)
Article History
Received: 20 March 2019
Accepted: 10 October 2019
First Online: 4 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Verbal informed consent was obtained from all adult patients, and this method of obtaining consent were reviewed and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committees. The research poses no more than minimal risk to patients and includes appropriate safeguards to protect the patients’ rights, safety and privacy.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.