Chung, Wei-Sheng
Lin, Cheng-Li
Funding for this research was provided by:
Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare Clinical Trial and Research Center for Excellence
Article History
Received: 10 July 2018
Accepted: 8 February 2019
First Online: 13 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The institutional review board (IRB) of China Medical University Hospital approved this study (IRB ID number: CMUH104-REC2–115). Informed consent for the study participants were waived by the IRB because the study participants were deidentified in the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database.
: Not applicable.
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