Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 7 , Pages 548-557 , 2007

Underrecognition and Undertreatment of Atherothrombotic Diseases: REACH Registry Taiwan Baseline Data

  • Tain-Junn Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Yuan-Kai Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shan-Jin Ryu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Ter Lai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Huei-Ming Lo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital and Fu-Jen Catholic University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Mao-Lin Sung

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St Martin De Porres Hospital, Chiayi, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Long Tsao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital–Hualien, Hualien, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Ping-Keung Yip

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neurology National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chiau-Suong Liau

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neurology and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chiau-Suong Liau, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • on behalf of the Taiwan REACH Registry Investigators

Received 29 January 2007 ,Revised 3 March 2007 ,Accepted 13 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(07)60005-9

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 7 , Pages 548-557 , 2007

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