Lin, I-Hsuan
Chang, Junn-Liang
Hua, Kate
Huang, Wan-Chen
Hsu, Ming-Ta
Chen, Yi-Fan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0793-8769
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 103-2320-B-038-057, MOST 104-2320-B-038-049)
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (TW) (MOST105-2320-B-038-022-MY3)
Taipei Medical University (TMU102-AE1-B37)
Article History
Received: 15 March 2018
Accepted: 26 July 2018
First Online: 8 August 2018
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