About the Authors
- Xiao-qian Li
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Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-qian Li, Kun-ming Tao
Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Kun-ming Tao
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Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-qian Li, Kun-ming Tao
Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Second Military Medical University, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgical Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Qing-hui Zhou
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* E-mail: zhouqinghui@sohu.com (Z-QH); lingchangquan@gmail.com (CQL)
Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China
- David Moher
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Affiliation Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
- Hong-yun Chen
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Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Fu-zhe Wang
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Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China
- Chang-quan Ling
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* E-mail: zhouqinghui@sohu.com (Z-QH); lingchangquan@gmail.com (CQL)
Affiliations Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, E-Institute of Traditional Chinese Internal Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: X-QL Q-HZ. Analyzed the data: X-QL K-MT. Wrote the paper: X-QL K-MT Q-HZ. Methods of literature search and study design: DM. Literature search and data collection: H-YC F-ZW. Organized this work and communicated with the authors: Q-HZ C-QL.