About the Authors

Hsin-Yao Wang

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Chia-Hsun Hsieh

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Chiao-Ni Wen

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Ying-Hao Wen

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Chun-Hsien Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Chun-Hsien Chen, Jang-Jih Lu

cchen@mail.cgu.edu.tw (CCH); janglu45@gmail.com (JJL)

Affiliation Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Jang-Jih Lu

Contributed equally to this work with: Chun-Hsien Chen, Jang-Jih Lu

cchen@mail.cgu.edu.tw (CCH); janglu45@gmail.com (JJL)

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HYW CHC. Performed the experiments: HYW CHC. Analyzed the data: HYW CHH CNW CHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HYW YHW CHC. Wrote the paper: HYW CHH CNW CHC. Study supervision: CHC JJL.