About the Authors

Ji Eun Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwang-ju, Republic of Korea

Uh Jin Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwang-ju, Republic of Korea

Hee Kyung Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwang-ju, Republic of Korea

Soo Kyung Cho

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwang-ju, Republic of Korea

Joon Hwan An

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwang-ju, Republic of Korea

Seung-Ji Kang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwang-ju, Republic of Korea

Kyung-Hwa Park

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwang-ju, Republic of Korea

Sook-In Jung

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwang-ju, Republic of Korea

Hee-Chang Jang

haroc153@naver.com

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwang-ju, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCJ. Performed the experiments: JEK. Analyzed the data: JEK HCJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UJK HKK SKC JHA SJK KHP. Wrote the paper: JEK SIJ HCJ.