Hsu, Wei-Fan
Lai, Hsueh-Chou
Su, Wen-Pang
Lin, Chia-Hsin
Chuang, Po-Heng
Chen, Sheng-Hung
Chen, Hung-Yao
Wang, Hung-Wei
Huang, Guan-Tarn
Peng, Cheng-Yuan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9030-6086
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW106-TDU-B-212-113004)
China Medical University Hospital (No. DMR-107-211)
Article History
Received: 18 September 2018
Accepted: 31 March 2019
First Online: 27 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was conducted in accordance with the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki. All patients provided written informed consent prior to enrollment, and this study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan (CMUH106-REC2–105).
: Not applicable.
: Cheng-Yuan Peng has served as an advisory committee member for AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, and Merck Sharp & Dohme. All other coauthors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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