Liang, Xiongfa
Lai, Yongchang
Wu, Weizhou
Chen, Dong
Zhong, Fangling
Huang, Jian
Zeng, Tao
Duan, Xiaolu
Huang, Yapeng
Zhang, Shike
Li, Shujue
Wu, Wenqi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3923-3093
Funding for this research was provided by:
Science and Technology Project of Guangzhou (201604020001)
Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission (201607010162)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81570633)
Article History
Received: 28 October 2018
Accepted: 12 April 2019
First Online: 29 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This research was approved by the human ethics committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou, Guangdong, China). All patients signed the informed consent prior to the study.
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