AUTHORS’ CONTRIBUTIONS
ZH: gathered the patient data, performed a literature review, and wrote
the manuscript. KAV, LH: reviewed, corrected patient data and revised
the manuscript. JD: was involved in overall supervision of the paper.
All authors: read and approved the final manuscript.
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