About the Authors

Sheng-Hung Chen

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Hsueh-Chou Lai

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

I-Ping Chiang

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Pathology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Wen-Pang Su

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Chia-Hsin Lin

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Jung-Ta Kao

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Po-Heng Chuang

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Wei-Fan Hsu

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Hung-Wei Wang

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Hung-Yao Chen

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Guan-Tarn Huang

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Cheng-Yuan Peng

Roles Writing – review & editing

cypeng@mail.cmuh.org.tw

Affiliations School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.