About the Authors
- Yi-Chun Tsai
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Chun Tsai, Chi-Chih Hung
Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Chi-Chih Hung
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Chun Tsai, Chi-Chih Hung
Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Mei-Chuan Kuo
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Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Jer-Chia Tsai
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Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Shih-Meng Yeh
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Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Shang-Jyh Hwang
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Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Yi-Wen Chiu
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Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Hung-Tien Kuo
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Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Jer-Ming Chang
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* E-mail: jemich@kmu.edu.tw
Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Hung-Chun Chen
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Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Renal Care, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: Y-CT C-CH J-MC. Performed the experiments: Y-CT C-CH M-CK J-CT S-MY. Analyzed the data: Y-CT C-CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: C-CH S-JH Y-WC H-TK J-MC H-CC. Wrote the paper: Y-CT.