About the Authors

I-Cheng Lee

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, I-Lan, Taiwan

Chen-Hao Lin

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Hsiang Huang

yhhuang@vghtpe.gov.tw

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Teh-Ia Huo

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Wei Su

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Chih Hou

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Endoscopy Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hui-Chun Huang

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Kuei-Chuan Lee

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Che-Chang Chan

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Wei Lin

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Han-Chieh Lin

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Shou-Dong Lee

Affiliation Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: I-CL Y-HH. Performed the experiments: I-CL C-HL. Analyzed the data: I-CL Y-HH M-WL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: T-IH C-WS M-CH H-CH K-CL C-CC H-CL S-DL. Wrote the paper: I-CL Y-HH.