Shang, Ru-guo
Xie, Si-yuan
Liao, Li-qing
Qin, Guo-zhong
Zhu, Xin-yu
Wang, Zhong-hao
Xie, Jun-hui
Li, Yi-kai
Yang, Han
Gu, Rui-bin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Supported by the project of the Guangzhou Municipal Health Commission (([2023] No. 1198))
Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen ((No. SZZYSM202108013))
Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen ((No. SZZYSM202108013))
Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen ((No. SZZYSM202108013))
Project for the Construction of Li Yikai’s Guangdong Provincial Master TCM Practitioner Inheritance Studio ([(2023) No. 108])
President Foundation of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University ((YP202210))
Article History
Received: 28 August 2025
Accepted: 24 February 2026
First Online: 26 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Southern Medical University (LLSC2023-192), and all trials were conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The human tissue data used in this study were obtained from the forearm samples provided by the Department of Anatomy at Southern Medical University, as well as the data provided by Kehrofer et al. in the open database. The legal representatives of the patients have signed the informed consent form, and the data provided in the open database are available for public review and use.
: The legal representatives of the patients have signed the informed consent form for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.