Xie, Junhui
Zhang, Shujun
Yu, Xuefeng
Yang, Yan
Liu, Zhelong
Yuan, Gang
Hu, Shuhong
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Chinese Society of Endocrinology, the Key Laboratory for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases of Ministry of Health (1994DP131044)
Nonprofit Industry Research Subject (201502007)
Article History
Received: 4 May 2018
Accepted: 10 August 2018
First Online: 23 August 2018
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: The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Tong Ji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. All study participants provided written informed consents.
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