About the Authors
- Qing Li
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
- Rui-Xing Yin
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* E-mail: yinruixing@yahoo.com.cn
Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
- Xian-Liang Wei
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, School of Premedical Sciences, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
- Ting-Ting Yan
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
- Lynn Htet Htet Aung
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
- Dong-Feng Wu
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
- Jin-Zhen Wu
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
- Wei-Xiong Lin
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Scientific Research Center, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
- Cheng-Wu Liu
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Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology, School of Premedical Sciences, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
- Shang-Ling Pan
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Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology, School of Premedical Sciences, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: R-XY QL. Performed the experiments: QL X-LW T-TY LHHA D-FW. Analyzed the data: QL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: R-XY QL. Wrote the paper: R-XY QL. Carried out the epidemiological survey and collected the samples: R-XY LHHA D-FW J-ZW W-XL C-WL S-LP.