Ren, Z. Q.
Wang, Y. F.
Ao, G. F.
Chen, H. X.
Huang, M.
Lai, M. X.
Zhao, H. D.
Zhao, R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National nature science foundation of China (81560799)
Article History
Received: 25 January 2020
Accepted: 19 May 2020
First Online: 3 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research plan has already received Ethics Committee approval for clinical trials of TCM in Yunnan Province, China (grant no. (2018) (003) – 01). Central ethical approval has been confirmed from the Ethics Committee of Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Ethics Committee (ref approval no. (2018) (003) – 01) and we will not begin recruiting at other centres in the trial until local ethical approval has been obtained. The research is registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ExternalRef removed, ID: ChiCTR1800017581). Each participant will sign an informed consent form. Patients will be enrolled in the study and will be recruited only once and will not receive any financial compensation for their participation in the study.
: All subjects participating in the image acquisition signed the consent form and the consent for publication.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.