Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangdong Science and Technology Department (2016A020215139)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81774451)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2017A030313827)
Article History
Received: 24 August 2018
Accepted: 8 February 2019
First Online: 4 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of TCM, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and Guangzhou Dongsheng Hospital (No. ZYYECK2016-023). The study coordinator obtained consent from the eligible patients with Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved Consent Forms.
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