About the Authors
- Yin-Hung Chu
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Affiliation Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Ming-Ju Hsieh
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Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Cancer Research Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
- Hui-Ling Chiou
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Affiliation School of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Yi-Sheng Liou
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Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chen-Chieh Yang
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
- Shun-Fa Yang
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* E-mail: ysf@csmu.edu.tw (S-FY); wuhsienku@gmail.com (W-HK)
Affiliations Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Wu-Hsien Kuo
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* E-mail: ysf@csmu.edu.tw (S-FY); wuhsienku@gmail.com (W-HK)
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Armed-Force Taichung General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YHC WHK. Performed the experiments: SFY MJH. Analyzed the data: HLC YSL CCY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFY WHK. Wrote the paper: YHC WHK.