Cao, Mengshu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8735-1262
Sheng, Jian
Qiu, Xiaohua
Wang, Dandan
Wang, Dongmei
Wang, Yang
Xiao, Yonglong
Cai, Hourong
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 81200049 and Grant 81670059)
Nanjing Medical Science and Technique Development Foundation (Grant ORX17005)
Article History
Received: 16 December 2018
Accepted: 15 October 2019
First Online: 14 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital (NO.2016–160-01) in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration along with established written informed consent. This research was carried out in accordance with the approved guidelines. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before inclusion.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.