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Acknowledgment
The authors would like to thank the patients who participated in this study.
Author Contributions
Patients were treated with Chinese medicine by Chen YZ, Wu HY, and Zhang LS. Chen YZ, and Wu HY examined the patient on presentation and during follow-up. Ma J, Huang M, and Zhang LS contributed to writing of the manuscript and reviewing the literature. Zhang LS guided writing and revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Footnotes
Conflict of Interest
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