Lin, Yen-Ko
Chen, Chao-Wen
Lee, Wei-Che
Cheng, Yuan-Chia
Lin, Tsung-Ying
Lin, Chia-Ju
Shi, Leiyu
Tien, Yin-Chun
Kuo, Liang-Chi
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Council (NSC 98-2410-H-037-009)
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH-98-P25)
Article History
Received: 5 August 2016
Accepted: 5 March 2018
First Online: 9 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was reviewed by the Institutional Review Board of Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital before the study began. Patients in the control and intervention groups signed written informed consent before enrollment. The clinical trials.gov Identifier is NCT01338480.
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