Risk of Peripheral Artery Occlusive Disease in Patients with Vertigo, Tinnitus, or Sudden Deafness: A Secondary Case-Control Analysis of a Nationwide, Population-Based Health Claims Database

• Malcolm Koo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Malcolm Koo, Jin-Cherng Chen

  Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Jin-Cherng Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Malcolm Koo, Jin-Cherng Chen

  Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Juen-Haur Hwang

  * E-mail: g120796@tzuchi.com.tw

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Otolaryngology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan, Sleep Center, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan

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