Chiu, Shu-Ching
Yang, Rong-Sen
Yang, Rea-Jeng
Chang, Shu-Fang
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 105-2314-B-227-008-MY2)
Article History
Received: 28 August 2017
Accepted: 11 January 2018
First Online: 22 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical guidance for scientific study described in the Declaration of Helsinki and national ethical regulations were followed. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Chung Shan Medical University Hospital in Taiwan, under number CS15095. An informed written and oral consent was obtained from each participant before screening. Trial registration:ExternalRef removed, number NCT02912338. Retrospectively registered on 09/21/2016.
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