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Reply to the letter concerning “Revision adenoidectomy in children: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan”

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Acknowledgements

This study is based in part on data from the National Health Insurance Research Database provided by the National Health Insurance Administration and Ministry of Health and Welfare and managed by National Health Research Institutes. The interpretation and conclusions contained herein do not represent those of National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare or National Health Research Institutes.

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This study was supported by grant from Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare (201502). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. No additional external funding was received for this study.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, No. 127, Siyuan Rd., Xinzhuang Dist., New Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Chia-Hsuan Lee & Kun-Tai Kang

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, #7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Chia-Hsuan Lee, Wan-Yi Hsueh, Wei-Chung Hsu & Kun-Tai Kang

  3. Department of Otolaryngology, Hsinchu Cathay General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Wan-Yi Hsueh

  4. School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Wan-Yi Hsueh

  5. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Wan-Yi Hsueh

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This study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan (IRB No. TH-IRB-0014-0022).

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Lee, CH., Hsueh, WY., Hsu, WC. et al. Reply to the letter concerning “Revision adenoidectomy in children: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan”. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 275, 1037–1038 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-018-4881-z

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