Funding for this research was provided by:
National Taiwan University Hospital (105-003126)
Ta-Tung Kidney Foundation
Mrs. Hsiu-Chin Lee Kidney Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 19 October 2018
Accepted: 31 December 2018
First Online: 9 January 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: All authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
: This study was approved by the Research and Ethics Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital.
: The study including human participants has been performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: No informed consent requirement was required by the Research and Ethics Committee of the National Taiwan University Hospital.