Lue, Yi-Jing http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9424-3668
Chen, Shun-Sheng
Lu, Yen-Mou http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9876-8429
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Council (NSC-89-2614-B-035-005-M47, NSC90-2614-B-037-004-M47, NSC91-2614-B-037-009-M47)
Article History
Received: 4 November 2017
Revised: 19 April 2018
Accepted: 22 April 2018
First Online: 26 April 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All participants gave their written informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study.