Lee, Pei-Lin
Chou, Kun-Hsien
Lu, Cheng-Hsien
Chen, Hsiu-Ling
Tsai, Nai-Wen
Hsu, Ai-Ling
Chen, Meng-Hsiang
Lin, Wei-Che
Lin, Ching-Po
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Council (MOST 103-2314-B-182A-010 -MY3)
National Science Council (MOST 104-2221-E-010-013-)
National Science Council (MOST 104-2314-B-182A-053)
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou (CMRPG891511)
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou (CMRPG8B0831)
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou (CMRPG8E0621)
Article History
Received: 17 September 2017
Revised: 1 January 2018
Accepted: 17 January 2018
First Online: 12 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Wei-Che Lin in Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: We declare that all human and animal studies have been approved by the Institutional Review Board of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. We declare that all patients gave informed consent prior to inclusion in this study.
: • prospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution