About the Authors

Cheng-Chung Fang

Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Jenq-Wen Huang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Ren-Shi Shyu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chung-Jen Yen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Cheng-Hsiang Shiao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Chih-Kang Chiang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Rey-Heng Hu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Tun-Jun Tsai

tjtsai@ntuh.gov.tw

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCF JWH RSS CJY TJT. Performed the experiments: CCF JWH RSS CJY CKC RHH. Analyzed the data: CCF JWH CHS TJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCF JWH CHS CKC RHH TJT. Wrote the paper: CCF JWH RSS CJY CHS CKC RHH TJT.