**Author details**

Li-Wei Chien1,2\* and Heng-Kien Au1,2

\*Address all correspondence to: chienwei@tmu.edu.tw

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
