Zhang, Xiaoqin
Xu, Zhou
Tan, Liwen
Li, Ying
Liu, Li
Chen, Na
Zhang, Shaoxiang
Lamers, Wouter H.
Wu, Chunling
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31771324)
National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0106402)
Graduate Education and Teaching Reform Research Project of Chongqing (yjg183144)
Military Youth Science Foundation of China (16QNP100)
Article History
Received: 11 January 2019
Accepted: 23 April 2019
First Online: 27 April 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All CVH cadavers were enrolled in the body donation program of the CVH project, which follows the scientific and ethical rules of the Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University). The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University). Patient consent was provided for the use of their (anonymous) CT and MRI images. The histological section images were obtained in accordance with the Dutch regulations for the proper use of human and animal tissue for medical research purposes. The anonymous specimens, which belong to the historical collection of human embryos at the Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, had been donated for scientific research. The Leiden collection was established in the 1950–1970s. In the Netherlands, the study of historical collections is exempt from approval by a medical ethics committee.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.