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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0205200), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (62027901, 81930053, 92059207, 81227901, 82102236, 82001984), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (JQ19027), CAS Youth Interdisciplinary Team (JCTD-2021-08), Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA16021200), Zhuhai High-level Health Personnel Team Project (Zhuhai HLHPTP201703), Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (Z19111000110000, Z201100006820017), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M690007).
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Qu, Q., Nie, H., Hou, S. et al. Visualisation of pelvic autonomic nerves using NIR-II fluorescence imaging. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 49, 4752–4754 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-022-05895-6
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