About the Authors
- Chung-Feng Huang
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Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Occupational Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Chia-Yen Dai
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* E-mail: fish6069@gmail.com
Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Preventive Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Ming-Lun Yeh
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Affiliation Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Jee-Fu Huang
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Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Ching-I Huang
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Ming-Yen Hsieh
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Zu-Yau Lin
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Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Shinn-Cherng Chen
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Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Liang-Yen Wang
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Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Suh-Hang Hank Juo
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Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Wan-Long Chuang
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Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Yi-Ching Lin
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Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Ming-Lung Yu
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Affiliations Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: co-author Ming-Lung Yu is the member of advisory board of Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), Roche and Abbott and on the PLOS editorial board. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Acquisition of data: CFH CIH MLY MYH JFH CYD ZYL SCC LYW. Approval of the final version of the manuscript: MLY CYD. Conceived and designed the experiments: MLY CFH WLC CYD. Analyzed the data: CFH JFH CYD WLC MLY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHJ YCL. Wrote the paper: CFH MLY JFH WLC CYD.