About the Authors
- Chia-Ter Chao
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chun-Cheng Hou
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Affiliations Department of Internal medicine, Min-Sheng General Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Vin-Cent Wu
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Hsin-Ming Lu
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Affiliation Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
- Cheng-Yi Wang
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, Xindian, Taiwan
- Likwang Chen
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* E-mail: likwang@nhri.org.tw (LKC); twkao2@ntuh.gov.tw (TWK)
Affiliation Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
- Tze-Wah Kao
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* E-mail: likwang@nhri.org.tw (LKC); twkao2@ntuh.gov.tw (TWK)
Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CTC VCW HML LKC CYW TWK. Performed the experiments: CTC CCH VCW HML LKC CYW TWK. Analyzed the data: HML LKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTC VCW HML LKC CYW TWK. Wrote the paper: CTC CCH VCW HML LKC CYW TWK.