Zhao, Weilin
Mo, Yingxi
Wang, Shumin
Midorikawa, Kaoru
Ma, Ning
Hiraku, Yusuke
Oikawa, Shinji
Huang, Guangwu
Zhang, Zhe
Murata, Mariko
Takeuchi, Kazuhiko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI JP25305020, KAKENHI JP25293149, KAKENHI JP16H05255, KAKENHI JP16H05829)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81272983)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province (2013GXNSFGA019002)
Article History
Received: 2 January 2017
Accepted: 12 July 2017
First Online: 17 July 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients. The study was approved by the ethical review committees of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, China (2009–07-07), and Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan (no.1116).
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