Zhen, Ping
Li, Xusheng
Zhou, Shenghu
Lu, Hao
Chen, Hui
Liu, Jun http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3122-4042
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81371983)
Social Development of Technology Research Projects of Gansu Province (S04671)
Youth Science and Technology Foundation of Gansu Province (1606RJYA300)
Article History
Received: 19 December 2017
Accepted: 6 April 2018
First Online: 19 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Lanzhou General Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army. Informed consent was obtained from all patients. The study adhered to all relevant tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki, as revised in 2008, and was authorized by the ethics committee of our institution. All participants gave written informed consent.
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