Embaye, Kidane Siele
Zhang, Chao
Ghebrehiwet, Matiwos Araya
Wang, Zhihao
Zhang, Fengdi
Liu, Liwei
Qin, Shenghui
Qin, Lingzhi
Wang, Jun
Wang, Xi
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81700012 and 81600015)
Article History
Received: 8 June 2020
Accepted: 9 November 2020
First Online: 22 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (Medical Ethics Committee of Tongji Hospital) of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. No specific IRB reference number is available. There were no administrative barriers, and basic statistical data related to this work were obtained from the hospital’s registry as part of patients’ care and support. Because of the retrospective nature of the study, and all the direct personal identifiers were anonymously kept, the need to obtain informed consent was waived by the ethics committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interests.