Tsai, Tzung-Jiun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8228-5104
Chan, Hoi-Hung
Lai, Kwok-Hung
Shih, Chih-An
Kao, Sung-Shuo
Sun, Wei-Chih
Wang, E-Ming
Tsai, Wei-Lun
Lin, Kung-Hung
Yu, Hsien-Chung
Chen, Wen-Chi
Wang, Huay-Min
Tsay, Feng-Woei
Lin, Huey-Shyan
Cheng, Jin-Shiung
Hsu, Ping-I
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (NSC100-2314-B075-004)
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (VGHKS 102-012, VGHKS 103-102)
Article History
Received: 5 January 2017
Accepted: 22 February 2018
First Online: 27 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (VGHKS-CT6–05) and was performed according to the Helsinski Declaration. The protocol was registered in the Government Research Bulletin according to the law of Taiwan. Both written and verbal informed consent was obtained for all participants.
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