Kao, Ting-Wei
Huang, Chin-Chou
Leu, Hsin-Bang
Yin, Wei-Hsian
Tseng, Wei-Kung
Wu, Yen-Wen
Lin, Tsung-Hsien
Yeh, Hung-I
Chang, Kuan-Cheng
Wang, Ji-Hung
Wu, Chau-Chung
Chen, Jaw-Wen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Taipei Veterans General Hospital (V112C-062, VGHUST112-G7-1-2)
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC111-2314-B-A49A-509-MY3)
Academia Sinica, Taiwan (BM10501010039)
Article History
Received: 27 February 2023
Accepted: 17 October 2023
First Online: 16 November 2023
Declarations
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: The study complied with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. It was approved by the independent ethics committees and independent review boards (IRBs) in each hospital, including Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, E-Da Hospital, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Mackay Memorial Hospital, China Medical University Hospital, Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, and National Taiwan University Hospital, as well as the Joint IRB Ethics Committees Review Boards in Taiwan (IRB: AS-IRB01-19007). Informed consent was obtained from all subjects before participating in this study.
: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects before participating in this study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.