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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my advisor, Professor Xiaoming Huo for his great help and support during my graduate studies. His patience and insight make it a pleasure to work with him. Thanks are also due to other members of am also very grateful to my parents, Jiqiu Chen and Wenhui Liu, for their love and support over these four and a half years. Finally, I ...

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In the article, “Retrospective analysis of the overt proteinuria diabetic kidney disease in the treatmentof modified Shenzhuo formula for 2 years”, which appeared in Volume 96, Issue 12 ofMedicine, the authors’ affiliations appeared incorrectly. Dr. Hongdong Chen is affiliated with both the Department of Endocrinology, Guang’anmenHospital of China, Academy of ChineseMedical Sciences and the Dep...

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