About the Authors
- Chong Wang
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- Jin-Tai Yu
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* E-mail: dr.tanlan@163.com (LT); yu-jintai@163.com (JTY)
Affiliations Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China, Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, College of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- Hui-Fu Wang
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Teng Jiang
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Chen-Chen Tan
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- Xiang-Fei Meng
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- Holly D. Soares
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Affiliation Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wallingford Center, Connecticut, United States of America
- Lan Tan
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* E-mail: dr.tanlan@163.com (LT); yu-jintai@163.com (JTY)
Affiliations Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China, Department of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, College of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Competing Interests
One co-author Holly D. Soares,is employed by a commercial company (Bristol-Myers Squibb). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LT J-TY. Performed the experiments: CW H-FW J-TY. Analyzed the data: C-CT X-FM HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJ. Wrote the paper: CW J-TY.