About the Authors

Lei Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Zhang, Yong-gang Li, Yu-hua Li

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Yong-gang Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Zhang, Yong-gang Li, Yu-hua Li

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Yu-hua Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Zhang, Yong-gang Li, Yu-hua Li

Affiliation Department of Emergency, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Lei Qi

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Xin-guang Liu

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Cun-zhong Yuan

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Nai-wen Hu

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China

Dao-xin Ma

jianminli123456@163.com (J-mL); daoxinma@hotmail.com (D-xM)

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Zhen-feng Li

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Qiang Yang

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Wei Li

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Jian-min Li

jianminli123456@163.com (J-mL); daoxinma@hotmail.com (D-xM)

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL LZ DM YgL YhL. Performed the experiments: NH QY ZL WL LQ. Analyzed the data: CY LZ XL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL LZ WL. Wrote the paper: JL LZ YgL.