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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2013; 19(9): 1472-1477
Published online Mar 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i9.1472
3.0 T proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the liver: Quantification of choline
Li Xu, Bo Liu, Yan Huang, Xian Liu, Si-Wei Zhang, Xue-Gang Xin, Jin-Zhi Zheng
Li Xu, Bo Liu, Xian Liu, Si-Wei Zhang, Ji-Zhi Zheng, Department of Radiology, Guangdong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and Postdoctoral Mobile Research Station of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong Province, China
Yan Huang, Department of Neurology, Guangdong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and Postdoctoral Mobile Research Station of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong Province, China
Xue-Gang Xin, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
Author contributions: Xu L, Liu B, Huang Y, Liu X and Zhang SW contributed equally to this work; Xu L performed the majority of experiments and wrote the manuscript; Liu B, Huang Y, Liu X, Zhang SW, Xin XG and Zheng JZ provided vital reagents and analytical tools and were also involved in revising the manuscript; Xu L designed the study.
Supported by The Science Foundation of Guangdong Province for Dr. Startup Project, No. S2012040006618; Postdoctoral Fund of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 20120621; Traditional Chinese Medicine and Integration of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Research Project of Guangzhou, No. 20122A011032; The National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30700184, 61172034, 81271654, 81271569 and 81171329; Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China, No. 2008B080703041, 2010B080701025 and 2011B031700014
Correspondence to: Li Xu, MD, Department of Radiology, Guangdong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and Postdoctoral Mobile Research Station of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 111 Da De Lu, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong Province, China. 985592610@qq.com
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Received: September 25, 2012
Revised: February 6, 2013
Accepted: February 8, 2013
Published online: March 7, 2013
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