About the Authors
- Yuan-Hung Kuo
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Affiliations Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Ming-Chao Tsai
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Affiliations Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Kwong-Ming Kee
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Affiliations Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Kuo-Chin Chang
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Affiliations Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Jing-Houng Wang
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Affiliations Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Chun-Yin Lin
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Affiliation Health Center of Yujing district, Tainan, Taiwan
- Sheng-Che Lin
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Affiliation Department of Health, Tainan City Government, Tainan, Taiwan
- Sheng-Nan Lu
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* E-mail: juten@ms17.hinet.net
Affiliations Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chang Gung University College Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Competing Interests
Dr. Sheng-Nan Lu is one of the PLOS ONE editors, and this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial polices and criteria.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SNL JHW. Performed the experiments: YHK MCT KMK KCC SNL JHW CYL SCL. Analyzed the data: YHK SNL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YHK MCT. Wrote the paper: YHK SNL.