About the Authors
- Mi Sung Park
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mi Sung Park, Beom Kyung Kim
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Beom Kyung Kim
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mi Sung Park, Beom Kyung Kim
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
- Jae Yoeun Cheong
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
- Dong Joon Kim
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea
- Jun Yong Park
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
- Do Young Kim
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
- Sang Hoon Ahn
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Seoul, Korea
- Kwang-Hyub Han
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Seoul, Korea
- Chae Yoon Chon
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
- Seung Up Kim
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* E-mail: ksukorea@yuhs.ac
Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center, Seoul, Korea
Competing Interests
The authors received funding from commercial sources, Sanofi-Aventis Korea and BioPredictive; this study was supported by the Yonsei Liver Blood Bank (YLBB) in part by a grant from Sanofi-Aventis Korea and BioPredictive kindly provided the complimentary service for calculation of FT score. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Furthermore, funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Author Contributions
Patient management: JYP DYK SHA KHH CYC. Conceived and designed the experiments: MSP BKK SUK. Performed the experiments: MSP BKK SUK. Analyzed the data: MSP BKK JYC DJK SUK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSP BKK SUK. Wrote the paper: MSP BKK SUK.