aDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
bDivision of Colorectal Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
cDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
dDepartment of Radiology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
eNational Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
*Correspondence to: Dr Yee-Yung Ng, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
E-mail: [email protected]
Received: March 4, 2008; • Accepted: October 21, 2008.