About the Authors

Chih-Chang Yang

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Cheng-Yu Lin

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Hwai-Shi Wang

hswang@ym.edu.tw (HSW); srlyu@seed.net.tw (SRL)

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Shaw-Ruey Lyu

Affiliations Joint Center, Tzu-Chi Dalin General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, R.O.C., Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CY HW SL. Performed the experiments: CY CL. Analyzed the data: CY CL HW SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW SL. Wrote the manuscript: CY HW SL.