Chinese medicine formulas for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Overview of systematic reviews
Liang Dai, Wen-Jun Zhou, Guang Ji, Institute of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
Linda L D Zhong, Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Study Centre, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
Xu-Dong Tang, Department of Gastroenterology, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100091, China
Author contributions: Dai L and Zhou WJ conducted the literature search and data extraction; Dai L and Zhong LLD completed the data analysis; Tang XD and Ji G reviewed the results, made revisions, and contributed equally as corresponding authors; Dai L drafted the manuscript; All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript as submitted.
Supported by Evidence-based Capacity Building Project for Basic Traditional Chinese Medicine-Specialized Diseases, No. 2019XZZX-XH012; Shanghai Three-year Action Plan for Accelerating the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. ZY(2018-2020)-CCCX-2002-01.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Guang Ji, MD, PhD, Chief Physician, Director, Doctor, Professor, Research Scientist, Teacher, Institute of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 725 South Wanping Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China. jiliver@vip.sina.com
Received: July 16, 2020
Peer-review started: July 16, 2020
First decision: September 24, 2020
Revised: October 6, 2020
Accepted: November 12, 2020
Article in press: November 12, 2020
Published online: January 6, 2021
