Tsai, Kuo-Wang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9028-9834
Lo, Yi-Hao
Liu, Hsuan
Yeh, Chung-Yu
Chen, You-Zuo
Hsu, Chao-Wen
Chen, Wei-Shone
Wang, Jui-Ho
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST105-2314-B-010-051)
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (VGHKS 105-135, VGHKS105-092)
Zuoying Branch of Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital (ZBH-105-11)
Article History
Received: 18 September 2017
Accepted: 1 March 2018
First Online: 10 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Taipei Veterans General Hospital and written informed consents were obtained from all patients (IRB number: 2015–06-012CC).
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