Wu, Kuo-An
Wu, Chih-Ching
Liu, Yu-Ching
Hsueh, Pei-Chun
Chin, Chia-Yin
Wang, Chih-Liang
Chu, Chi-Ming
Shih, Li-Jane
Yang, Chia-Yu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5123-0856
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST104-2321-B-182-009-MY3)
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou (CMRPD1G0361, CMRPD1G0362, CMRPD1G0363)
Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital (FTYGH-10602, AFTYGH-10739)
Article History
Received: 30 May 2018
Accepted: 12 June 2019
First Online: 18 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All experiments were performed in accordance with the guidelines and regulations of the Institutional Review Board at Tri-Service General Hospital (TY101–13, TY102–06), Taiwan. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients and/or their families before the sample collection. Under the circumstance when the participant is difficult to communicate and judge due to his/her conscious confused or mental disorder condition, agreement of the person with the right of consent must be obtained. The person with the right of consent shall be from the patients’ next of kin. The person who provides the written informed consent must indicate his/her relationship with the participant. Where the consent is provided in writing by any above individual under the preceding circumstance, the consent is sufficient and no more additional consent is taken from the participant.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.