About the Authors
- Po-Lin Chen
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan
- Chi-Jung Wu
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Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
- Pei-Jane Tsai
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Affiliations Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan, Research Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Hung-Jen Tang
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Health and Nutrition, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan
- Yin-Ching Chuang
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Clinical Pathology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
- Nan-Yao Lee
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Ching-Chi Lee
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Chia-Wen Li
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Ming-Chi Li
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Chi-Chung Chen
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Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
- Hung-Wen Tsai
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Chun-Chun Ou
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Chang-Shi Chen
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* E-mail: cschen@mail.ncku.edu.tw (CSC); winston3415@gmail.com (WCK)
Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan
- Wen-Chien Ko
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* E-mail: cschen@mail.ncku.edu.tw (CSC); winston3415@gmail.com (WCK)
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PLC CJW. Performed the experiments: CCC. Analyzed the data: PJT HJT NYL CCL CWL MCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YCC HWT CCO. Wrote the paper: PLC CSC WCK.