About the Authors

Shu-Wei Huang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chen-Ming Hsu

hsu3060e@adm.cgmh.org.tw (C-MH); yentc1110@gmail.com (T-CY)

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Wen-Juei Jeng

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Tzu-Chen Yen

hsu3060e@adm.cgmh.org.tw (C-MH); yentc1110@gmail.com (T-CY)

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ming-Yao Su

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Cheng-Tang Chiu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMH. Analyzed the data: SWH CMH WJJ TCY MYS CTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMH MYS CTC. Wrote the paper: SWH WJJ TCY. Acquisition of data: SWH WJJ. Statistical analysis: CMH. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: CMH TCY.