Zhang, Huoru
Zhang, Yan
Wang, Yong-Fei
Morris, David
Hirankarn, Nattiya
Sheng, Yujun
Shen, Jiangshan
Pan, Hai-Feng
Yang, Jing
Yang, Sen
Cui, Yong
Ye, Dong-Qing
Vyse, Timothy J.
Zhang, Xuejun
Lau, Yu Lung
Yang, Wanling
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (GRF 17146616)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (GRF 17125114)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81601423)
Health and Medical Research Fund (12133701)
Article History
Received: 6 December 2017
Accepted: 9 April 2018
First Online: 3 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the University of Hong Kong/Hospital Authority Hong Kong West Cluster (IRB reference number UW 07-119); the IRB of Anhui Medical University (IRB reference number 2014-050); the IRB of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (IRB number 569/57); and the Research Ethics Committee in the United Kingdom (REC reference 12/LO/1273). Informed consent was given by all individuals involved.
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