*Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;
†Department of Dermatology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;
‡Statistic and Informatics Department, Providence University, Taichung City, Taiwan;
§Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;
‖Research Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;
¶Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;
**Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Hsien-Yi Chiu, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, NO. 25, Lane 442, Sec. 1, Jingguo Road, Hsinchu City 300, Taiwan, or e-mail: [email protected]
Supported by the WELLMIKE Technology Corporation, New Taipei City, Taiwan (the owner of the iRestore device) and supported in part by the National Taiwan University Hospital (VN106-13 to SJL) and the National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu branch (107-HCH009). The study researcher and study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation of results, and writing of the manuscript were independent of funding sources.
H.-Y. Chiu, Y.-P. Cheng, and S.-J. Lin conducted the clinical trial and received a principal investigator (PI)/Co-PI fee from the WELLMIKE Technology Corporation, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The remaining authors have indicated no significant interest with commercial supporters.
S.M.-Y. Fan and Y.-P. Cheng have equally contributed.
Each individual named as an author meets the journal's criteria for authorship.
The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the local institutional review board of the National Taiwan University Hospital (201310067DSB) and the National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu branch (102-026-F).
