About the Authors
- Shudong Liu
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¶‡ These authors contributed equally to the writing of this article.
Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China, Department of Endocrinology, Shandong Rongjun General Hospital, Jinan, China
- Fei Jing
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¶‡ These authors contributed equally to the writing of this article.
Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Chunxiao Yu
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Ling Gao
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* E-mail: jjzhao@medmail.com.cn (JZ); gaoling1@medmail.com.cn (LG); qinyejun@163.com (YQ)
Affiliations Central Laboratory, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China, Institute of Endocrinology, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, China
- Yejun Qin
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* E-mail: jjzhao@medmail.com.cn (JZ); gaoling1@medmail.com.cn (LG); qinyejun@163.com (YQ)
Affiliation Department of Pathology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Jiajun Zhao
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* E-mail: jjzhao@medmail.com.cn (JZ); gaoling1@medmail.com.cn (LG); qinyejun@163.com (YQ)
Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China, Institute of Endocrinology, Shandong Academy of Clinical Medicine, Jinan, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SL FJ CY LG YQ JZ. Performed the experiments: SL FJ CY. Analyzed the data: SL FJ LG JZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL FJ. Wrote the paper: SL FJ.