Chen, Wei-Ta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2355-3540
Chou, Kun-Hsien
Lee, Pei-Lin
Hsiao, Fu-Jung
Niddam, David M.
Lai, Kuan-Lin
Fuh, Jong-Ling
Lin, Ching-Po
Wang, Shuu-Jiun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (NSC101-2314-B-075-068-MY2, MOST 106-2321-B-010-009-, and MOST 106-2314-B-075-026-, 103-2321-B-010-017, 102-2321-B-010-030, 100-2314-B-010-018-MY3, 104-2745-B-010-003 and MOST 106-2321-B-010-009)
Taipei Veterans General Hospital (V105C-092, V105E9-005-MY2-1, and VGHUST104-G7-1-3, VGHUST105-G7-1-1, V105C-127, V105E9-001-MY2-1, and VTA105-V1-1-1)
Article History
Received: 4 December 2017
Accepted: 2 January 2018
First Online: 15 January 2018
Authors’ information
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: The Institutional Review Board of Taipei Veterans General Hospital approved the study protocol (Reference No. 2012–07-013 AC) and each participant provided written informed consent.
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: WT Chen, KH Chou, PL Lee, FJ Hsiao, DM Niddam, KL Lai, and CP Lin report no competing interests. SJ Wang has served on the advisory boards of Allergan, and Eli Lilly Taiwan. He has received honoraria as a moderator from local companies (Taiwan branches) of Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Esai. JL Fuh is a member of the scientific advisory board of Novartis, and has received research support from the Taiwan National Science Council and Taipei-Veterans General Hospital.
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