Dai, Zhuozhi
Kalra, Sanjay
Mah, Dennell
Seres, Peter
Sun, Hongfu
Wu, Renhua
Wilman, Alan H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81471730)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31870981)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2018A030307057)
Department of Education of Guangdong Province (2020KZDZX1085)
ALS Society of Canada
Article History
Received: 6 February 2020
Revised: 21 July 2020
Accepted: 28 August 2020
First Online: 9 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Alan H. Wilman.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: One of the authors, Professor Sanjay Kalra, has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• case-control study• performed at one institution