Tsai, Tsung-Yu
Peng, Cheng-Yuan
Yang, Hwai-I
Huang, Ya-Lang
Tao, Mi-Hua
Yuan, Shin-Sheng
Lai, Hsueh-Chou
Hsieh, Shie-Liang https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9415-346X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (106-2321-B-001-037, 106-2320-B-001-023-MY3, 105-2321-B-001-053)
Academia Sinica (AS-105-TP-B08)
Article History
Received: 14 February 2018
Accepted: 11 July 2018
First Online: 28 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975. All patients provided written informed consent before enrollment. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of China Medical University Hospital, Taichung (CMUH106-REC2–006, CMUH106-REC2–092) and Research Ethics Committee of Academia Sinica, Taipei (AS-IRB02–106013), Taiwan.
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