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, 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
:
: 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