About the Authors

Jen-Hao Yeh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yen-Yang Chen

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Hsuan-Chi Hsu

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Sheng-Nan Lu

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.