Lin, Ching-Huang
Hsu, Yi-Ting
Yen, Cheng-Chung
Chen, Hsin-Hung
Tseng, Ching-Jiunn
Lo, Yuk-Keung
Chan, Julie Y. H.
Article History
Received: 17 December 2017
Accepted: 10 May 2018
First Online: 25 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, and the requirement for written informed consent from the patients was waived. The Medical Ethics Committee of the hospital approved the study protocol (VGHKS 11-CT5–04).
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