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Current Situation and Reconsideration on the Study of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Andrology

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The development of Chinese medicine and Western medicine andrology is based on different social background and academic systems, either Chinese medicine or Western medicine andrology has their limitations, therefore, integration of Chinese and Western medicine (ICWM) andrology is in a great need. After more than 30 years of development, andrology has made great achievements in the construction of specialized academic association, holding academic conferences and publication of academic monographs, and the research progress on this field is mainly in the combination of disease and syndrome, microdifferentiation of symptoms and signs and basic research development. However, the comprehensive theoretic system of ICWM andrology has not yet established, and the related studies are still on the primary stage. In the future studies, great efforts still need to be made to expand the methods for the investigation of ICWM, and make innovations in the field of andrology.

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  1. Andrology Department of Integrative Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China

    Bao-fang Jin & Da-lin Sun

  2. Department of Andrology, Ruikang Hospital Affiliated to Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, 530011, China

    Wen-tao Yang

  3. Department of Urology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, China

    Hong-jun Li

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Jin BF contributed to the conception of the paper; Li HJ contributed significantly to analysis and manuscript preparation; Sun DL wrote and revised the manuscript; Yang WT helped to perform the analysis with constructive discussions.

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81473678, 81874472)

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Jin, Bf., Yang, Wt., Sun, Dl. et al. Current Situation and Reconsideration on the Study of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Andrology. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 26, 388–392 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-018-3022-2

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