Zhu, Zhengbao http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4795-535X
Guo, Daoxia
Zhong, Chongke
Wang, Aili
Xu, Tan
Peng, Yanbo
Peng, Hao
Li, Qunwei
Ju, Zhong
Geng, Deqin
Chen, Jing
Zhang, Yonghong
He, Jiang
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81320108026)
China Scholarship Council (201806920079)
Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYCX18_2539)
Project of the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (None)
Tulane University and Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation (None)
Article History
Received: 7 August 2019
Accepted: 17 December 2019
First Online: 9 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the institutional review boards at Soochow University in China and Tulane University in the USA, as well as ethical committees at the participating hospitals. Written consent was obtained from all study participants or their immediate family members.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.