About the Authors

Tsung-Ming Lee

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Cardiology Section, Tainan Municipal An-Nan Hospital-China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shinn-Zong Lin

Affiliations Neuropsychiatry Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Neurosurgery, Taina Municipal An-Nan Hospital-China Medical University, Tainan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Immunology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Beigan Hospital, Yunlin, Taiwan

Nen-Chung Chang

ncchang@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TML NCC. Performed the experiments: TML NCC. Analyzed the data: TML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TML SZL. Wrote the paper: TML SZL NCC.