Gao, Chao
Zhao, Shasha
Lian, Kun
Mi, Baibing
Si, Rui
Tan, Zhijun
Fu, Feng
Wang, Shuai
Wang, Rutao
Ma, Xinliang
Tao, Ling http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8297-1481
Article History
Received: 16 August 2018
Accepted: 22 May 2019
First Online: 10 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study adhere to CONSORT guidelines. The local ethics committee of Xijing Hospital approved the study and registered online (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01372800). The investigation conforms with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.