About the Authors

Bilal Haider Shamsi

Affiliation Pediatrics Department, 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, P.R. China

Chaofeng Ma

Affiliation Pathology Department, The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, P.R. China

Saima Naqvi

Affiliation Endocrinology Department, 1st Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, P.R. China

Yanfeng Xiao

xiaoyanfeng.xjtu@gmail.com

Affiliation Pediatrics Department, 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YFX BHS. Performed the experiments: BHS CFM. Analyzed the data: BHS CFM SN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BHS CFM SN. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BHS SN YFX. Used the analysis software: CFM.