About the Authors

Man-Ting So

Contributed equally to this work with: Man-Ting So, Thomas Yuk-Yu Leon, Guo Cheng

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Thomas Yuk-Yu Leon

Contributed equally to this work with: Man-Ting So, Thomas Yuk-Yu Leon, Guo Cheng

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Guo Cheng

Contributed equally to this work with: Man-Ting So, Thomas Yuk-Yu Leon, Guo Cheng

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Clara Sze-Man Tang

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Xiao-Ping Miao

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Belinda K. Cornes

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Diem Ngoc Ngo

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam

Long Cui

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Elly Sau-Wai Ngan

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Vincent Chai-Hang Lui

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Xuan-Zhao Wu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Guiyang Medical College Affiliated Hospital, Guiyang, China

Bin Wang

Affiliation Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, China

Hualong Wang

Affiliation Changchun Children's Hospital, Changchun, China

Zheng-Wei Yuan

Affiliation Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Liu-Ming Huang

Affiliation Beijing BAYI Children′s Hospital, Beijing, China

Long Li

Affiliation Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China

Huimin Xia

Affiliation Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Centre, Guangzhou, China

Deli Zhu

Affiliation Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Centre, Guangzhou, China

Juncheng Liu

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Thanh Liem Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam

Ivy Hau-Yee Chan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Patrick Ho-Yu Chung

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Xue-Lai Liu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Ruizhong Zhang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Kenneth Kak-Yuen Wong

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Pak-Chung Sham

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Genome Research Centre of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Stacey S. Cherny

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Paul Kwong-Hang Tam

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Maria-Mercè Garcia-Barcelo

mmgarcia@hku.hk

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M-MG-B PK-HT P-CS SSC. Performed the experiments: M-TS X-PM DNN LC TY-YL BKC GC CS-MT. Analyzed the data: M-TS X-PM DNN LC TY-YL BKC GC CS-MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ES-WN VC-HL X-ZW BW HW Z-WY L-MH LL HX DZ JL TLN IH-YC PH-YC X-LL RZ KK-YW. Wrote the paper: M-TS M-MG-B.