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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012, Article ID 843048, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/843048
Research Article

Metabolic Profiling Study of Yang Deficiency Syndrome in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by NMR and Pattern Recognition

Xueqiang Huang,1 Qunwei Chen,1,2 Genjin Yang,3 Weixing Dai,3 Qingbo Lang,1 Juan Du,1 Shikai Yan,3 Weidong Zhang,3 and Changquan Ling1

1Department of TCM, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
2Department of Oncology, Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of TCM, Zhejiang 310006, China
3School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China

Received 4 June 2012; Revised 16 August 2012; Accepted 27 August 2012

Academic Editor: Byeongsang Oh

Copyright © 2012 Xueqiang Huang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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