About the Authors

Hung-Chieh Chou

Affiliations National Taiwan University College of Medicine Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan

Chiang-Ting Chien

Affiliation Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Po-Nien Tsao

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan

Wu-Shiun Hsieh

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Yi Chen

Affiliations National Taiwan University College of Medicine Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan

Mei-Hwei Chang

changmh@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCC CTC MHC. Performed the experiments: HCC CTC. Analyzed the data: HCC PNT CYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCC CTC WSH. Wrote the paper: HCC.