https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2281-5852
About the Authors
- Hung-Hsueh Chou
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, National Tsing Hua University, School of Medicine, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Pen-Yuan Chu
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Ying-Hui Wu
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation MSD Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
- Casey Feng
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation MSD Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
- Wei Wang
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Isaya Sukarom
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: isaya.sukarom@merck.com
Affiliation MSD Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
- Andrew Pavelyev
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, United States of America
Competing Interests
Hung-Hsueh Chou received honorarium for lectures/presentations/educational events from Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and AstraZeneca Pen-Yuan Chu has no conflict of interest to report. Ying-hui Wu and Casey Feng are employees of MSD Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan. Isaya Sukarom is an employee of MSD Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand. Wei Wang and Andrew Pavelyev are employees of Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA at the time of the study. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.