Li, Jing
Xu, Shi-qing
Zhang, Kai
Zhang, Wen-jian
Liu, Hong-lin
Xu, Zhen
Li, Hong
Lou, Jin-ning
Ge, Li-hong
Xu, Bao-hua
Funding for this research was provided by:
The academy level project of China-Japan Friendship Hospital (2014-3-QN-23)
International scientific and technological cooperation and exchange (2014DFA31520)
Article History
Received: 27 July 2017
Revised: 13 October 2017
Accepted: 18 December 2017
First Online: 5 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the China–Japan Friendship Hospital (2013-KY-42), and tissue donor informed consent was obtained for each aborted fetus. The animal study was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee of the China–Japan Friendship Hospital (150102).
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