About the Authors

Nai-Fang Chi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, and Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ho-Ling Liu

Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jen-Tsung Yang

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, and Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Jr-Rung Lin

Affiliation Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Shu-Li Liao

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Bo-Han Peng

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yen-Tung Lee

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, En Chu Kong Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Tsong-Hai Lee

thlee@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliation Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THL HLL. Performed the experiments: SLL JTY. Analyzed the data: THL HLL NFC YTL JRL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BHP YTL. Wrote the paper: NFC THL HLL.