About the Authors

Joon Yeul Nam

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Jeong-Hoon Lee

pindra@empal.com (JHL); hwiyoung@ewha.ac.kr (HYK)

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Hwi Young Kim

pindra@empal.com (JHL); hwiyoung@ewha.ac.kr (HYK)

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Center, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine Seoul, Korea

Jieun E. Kim

Affiliation Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

Dong Hyeon Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center Seoul, Korea

Young Chang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Hyeki Cho

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Jeong-Ju Yoo

Affiliation Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital

Minjong Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, South Korea

Young Youn Cho

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Yuri Cho

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine CHA Gangnam Medical Center, CHA University

EunJu Cho

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Su Jong Yu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Yoon Jun Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Jung-Hwan Yoon

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JHL HYK. Data curation: JYN JHL HYK JEK DHL Y Chang HC JJY ML YYC Y Cho EJC SJY YJK JHY. Formal analysis: JYN JHL HYK DHL. Funding acquisition: JHL. Investigation: JYN JHL HYK JEK DHL Y Chang HC JJY ML YYC Y Cho EJC SJY YJK JHY. Methodology: JYN JHL HYK. Project administration: JHL HYK. Resources: JYN JHL HYK. Software: JYN JHL HYK. Supervision: JHL HYK. Validation: JYN JHL HYK JEK. Visualization: JYN JHL HYK. Writing – original draft: JYN JHL HYK. Writing – review & editing: JYN JHL HYK.