Reply from authors for Serum leptin levels and peripheral arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes

Chia-Wen Lu¹, Chung-Jen Lee², Jia-Sian Hou^{1

3}, Du-An Wu^{4

5}, Bang-Gee Hsu^{3

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nursing, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.
² Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien, Taiwan.
³ Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.
⁵ School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Nephrology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.

Chia-Wen Lu et al. Tzu Chi Med J. 2019.

. 2019 Sep 16;31(4):295.

doi: 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_188_19. eCollection 2019 Oct-Dec.

Chia-Wen Lu¹, Chung-Jen Lee², Jia-Sian Hou^{1

3}, Du-An Wu^{4

5}, Bang-Gee Hsu^{3

5

6}

¹ Department of Nursing, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.
² Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien, Taiwan.
³ Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.
⁵ School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Nephrology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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