Lin, Ting
Song, Li
Huang, Renwei
Huang, Ying
Tang, Shuifu
Lin, Qizhan
Zhang, Ying
Wu, Xingbo
Liang, Hui
Wu, Yuchi
Chen, Yuanhan
Liang, Huaban
Ma, Jianchao
Feng, Zhonglin
Li, Zhuo
Xu, Lixia
Fu, Xia
Ye, Zhiming
Liu, Shuangxin
Liang, Xinling
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangzhou Science and Technology Program (201604020037)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81670656)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (8187032497, 81700620)
Article History
Received: 30 June 2019
Accepted: 8 December 2019
First Online: 19 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval of the study protocol was obtained from the institutional review boards of each participating hospital, including Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Project Number: 2017250H (R1)), the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Project Number: ZYYECK [2018]008), the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medicine University (Project Number: 2018-hs-06), and Guangzhou Hospital of Chinese Medicine (Project Number: B2017–189-01). Written informed consent was obtained from the patients or their legal representatives.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.