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Chen Zhao, Shu-Hui Zhang, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China
Huan-Gan Wu, Yun-Hua Cui, Ci-Li Zhou, Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture Moxibustion and Meridian, Shanghai 200030, China
Supported by: the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), No. 2009CB522900; and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, No. 08ZR1418200.
Correspondence to: Chen Zhao, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China. chris_0127@hotmail.com
Received: August 18, 2009 Revised: September 23, 2009 Accepted: October 12, 2009 Published online: December 28, 2009
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