About the Authors
- Pai-Chien Chou
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Contributed equally to this work with: Pai-Chien Chou, Shu-Min Lin
Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Shu-Min Lin
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Contributed equally to this work with: Pai-Chien Chou, Shu-Min Lin
Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chun-Yu Lo
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Hao-Cheng Chen
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chih-Wei Wang
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chun-Liang Chou
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chih-Teng Yu
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Horng-Chyuan Lin
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chun-Hua Wang
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
- Han-Pin Kuo
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* E-mail: q8828@ms11.hinet.net
Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HPK PCC SML. Performed the experiments: CYL HCC CLC CTY HCL CHW. Analyzed the data: HPK PCC SML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYL HCC CLC CTY HCL CHW. Wrote the paper: PCC SML. Histologic examination of the biopsied tissue: CWW.