Lai, Ning-Sheng
Yu, Hui-Chun
Tung, Chien-Hsueh
Huang, Kuang-Yung
Huang, Hsien-Bin
Lu, Ming-Chi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9051-0351
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 106-2314-B-303 -003)
The Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 105-2314-B-303-020-MY2)
Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan (Tzu Chi Medical Mission Project 105-01-02,)
Article History
Received: 4 June 2018
Accepted: 25 October 2018
First Online: 21 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the institutional review board of Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Taiwan (no. B10502002). Signed informed consent was obtained from all patients.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.