About the Authors
- Pei-Chien Tsai
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Affiliation Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Szu-Wei Huang
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Hsiang-Lin Tsai
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Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Cheng-Jen Ma
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Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Ming-Feng Hou
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Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- I-Ping Yang
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Affiliation Department of Nursing, Shu-Zen College of Medicine and Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Yung-Song Wang
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Suh-Hang Hank Juo
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* E-mail: cy614112@ms14.hinet.net (JYW); hjuo@kmu.edu.tw (SHJ)
Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Jaw-Yuan Wang
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* E-mail: cy614112@ms14.hinet.net (JYW); hjuo@kmu.edu.tw (SHJ)
Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PCT SHHJ JYW. Performed the experiments: PCT SWH HLT CJM MFH. Analyzed the data: PCT YSW IPY SHHJ JYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCT YSW IPY SHHJ JYW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PCT SHHJ JYW.