About the Authors
- Chen-Hung Chen
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Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Hsiang-Cheng Chen
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Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chi-Ching Chang
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Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Yi-Jen Peng
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chien-Hsing Lee
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Yi-Shing Shieh
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Affiliation School of Dentistry, National Defense Medical Center, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Yi-Jen Hung
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Jen Hung, Yuh-Feng Lin
Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Yuh-Feng Lin
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Jen Hung, Yuh-Feng Lin
* E-mail: linyf@shh.org.tw
Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CHC YJH YFL. Performed the experiments: CHC HCC CCC CHL YJP YSS. Analyzed the data: YJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YJH YFL. Wrote the paper: CHC.