About the Authors
- Ming-Lung Chuang
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* E-mail: cshy1292@csh.org.tw (JC-CW); yuan1007@ms36.hinet.net (M-LC)
Current address: Department of Critical Care Medicine and Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Tzu-Chin Wu
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Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Yau-Tung Wang
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Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Yau-Chen Wang
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Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Thomas C.-Y. Tsao
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Affiliations Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- James Cheng-Chung Wei
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* E-mail: cshy1292@csh.org.tw (JC-CW); yuan1007@ms36.hinet.net (M-LC)
Affiliations School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Chinese Medicine Clinical Trial Center, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Chia-Yin Chen
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Affiliation Chinese Medicine Clinical Trial Center, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- I-Feng Lin
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Affiliation Institute and Department of Public Health, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: M-LC JC-CW. Performed the experiments: M-LC JC-CW. Analyzed the data: I-FL M-LC C-YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: T-CW Y-TW Y-CW TC-YT C-YC. Wrote the paper: M-LC JC-CW I-FL.