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Authors
Ma, Kai-Jie
Hsu, Yi-Chen
Pan, Wei-Wen
Chou, Ming-Hsien
Chung, Wei‑Sheng
Wang, Jong-Yi
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST111-2410-H-039-001-MY2)
China Medical University, Taiwan (CMU113-MF-75)
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Article History
Received: 15 October 2024
Accepted: 5 February 2025
First Online: 19 February 2025
Declarations
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: In this study, all the research database involving humans were conducted ethically and in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Our study protocols were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board I&II of the Taichung Veterans General Hospital(CE18030B). To protect the patients’ privacy, all personal identification numbers were encrypted by the Taichung Veterans General Hospital before the data were analyzed and released. Therefore, patient informed consent is not required for authorized researchers to access this research database. The researchers of this study are not possible to contact any studied patient for obtaining informed consent. No informed consent form is used in this study. Furthermore, the Institutional Review Board I&II of the Taichung Veterans General Hospital(CE18030B) also specifically waived the requirement of informed consent.
: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this manuscript. The research was conducted independently, without any financial or personal relationships that could be viewed as potential conflicts of interest.
