About the Authors

Hui-Chen Lo

Affiliation Department of Nutritional Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Ching-Yi Hung

Affiliation Division of General Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, China Medical University Children's Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Fu-Huan Huang

Affiliation Division of General Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, China Medical University Children's Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Tzu-Cheng Su

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Chien-Hsing Lee

hsing27566@gmail.com

Affiliations Division of General Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, China Medical University Children's Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCL CHL. Performed the experiments: HCL CYH FHH CHL. Analyzed the data: HCL CHL CYH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCL FHH CHL TCS. Wrote the paper: HCL CHL.