Xiong, Wei
Zhao, Yunfeng
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: 21 April 2018
Accepted: 21 August 2018
First Online: 16 October 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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