Xiong, Wei
Xu, Mei
Pudasaini, Bigyan
Guo, Xuejun
Liu, Jinming
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Program of Shanghai Natural Science Foundation ((16ZR1429000);)
the Program of Development Center for Medical Science and Technology, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China (ZX-01-C2016144)
Article History
Received: 9 April 2018
Accepted: 19 July 2018
First Online: 23 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This protocol was approved by the institutional review board of Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients.
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