Quantifying traditional Chinese medicine patterns using modern test theory: an example of functional constipation.

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Published in BMC Complement Altern Med on January 13, 2017

Authors

Minxue Shen¹^,2^,3, Yuanwu Cui⁴, Ming Hu⁵, Linyong Xu⁶

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
2: Hunan Key Laboratory of Skin Cancer and Psoriasis, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
3: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China.
4: The Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
5: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China. xysm2011@yeah.com.
6: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China. linyongxu@gmail.com.

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