Niu, Sheng-Wen
Liang, Peir-In
Lin, Ming-Yen
Yeh, Shih-Meng
Zhen, Yen-Yi
Chang, Yu-Han
Huang, Pin-Chia
Hung, Chi-Chi
Kuo, I-Ching
Lin, Hugo You-Hsien
Kuo, Mei-Chuan
Li, Wei-Ming
Huang, Chun-Nung
Wu, Wen-Jeng
Chen, Li-Tzong
Chiu, Yi-Wen
Hwang, Shang-Jyh
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (NSC 102-2314-B-037-012-MY3, MOST 106-2314-B-037-071-MY2)
Kaohsiung Medical University (KMUH103-3M08, KMUH102-2R09, KMUH103-3R11 and KMTTH-106-014)
Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW103-TD-B-111-05, MOHW104-TDU-B-212-124-003, MOHW105-TDU-B-212-134007)
Article History
Received: 13 March 2018
Accepted: 27 February 2019
First Online: 8 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the institutional review board (IRB) of Kaohsiung medical university (Kaohsiung, Taiwan). The need for consent was waived by the IRB (KMUH-IRB-20120138) and the data was decoded before undergoing analysis. All demographic data and histopathologic data were collected and fulfilled the regulations of this IRB of our hospital.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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