About the Authors
- Jen-Hao Yeh
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Affiliation Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Chao-Hung Hung
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Affiliation Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Jing-Houng Wang
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Affiliation Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Chien-Hung Chen
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Affiliation Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Kwong-Ming Kee
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Affiliation Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Chung-Mou Kuo
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Affiliation Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Yi-Hao Yen
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Affiliation Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Yu-Fan Cheng
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Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Yen-Yang Chen
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Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Hsuan-Chi Hsu
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Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Sheng-Nan Lu
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* E-mail: juten@ms17.hinet.net
Affiliation Division of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Sheng-Nan Lu is one of the PLOS ONE academic editors, and this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial polices and criteria.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SNL. Performed the experiments: SNL YFC YYC HCH. Analyzed the data: SNL JHY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SNL CHH JHW CHC KMK CMK YHY YFC YYC HCH. Wrote the paper: SNL JHY.