About the Authors

Chor-Kuan Lim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Chest Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C)

Sheng-Yuan Ruan

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C)

Feng-Ching Lin

Affiliation Department of Integrated Diagnostics and Therapeutics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C)

Chao-Ling Wu

Affiliation Department of Integrated Diagnostics and Therapeutics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C)

Hou-Tai Chang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Chest Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C)

Jih-Shuin Jerng

jsjerng@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C)

Huey-Dong Wu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C), Department of Integrated Diagnostics and Therapeutics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C)

Chong-Jen Yu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C)

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CKL JSJ. Performed the experiments: CKL FCL CLW. Analyzed the data: CKL SYR JSJ HTC HDW CJY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CKL SYR. Wrote the paper: CKL SYR JSJ.