About the Authors
- Jeong-Hyun Kim
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Affiliations Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Hyun Sub Cheong
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Affiliation Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Jong Sook Park
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
- An-Soo Jang
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
- Soo-Taek Uh
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
- Yong-Hoon Kim
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Disease, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
- Mi-Kyeong Kim
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Affiliation Division of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
- Inseon S. Choi
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Affiliation Department of Allergy, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
- Sang Heon Cho
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Byoung Whui Choi
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University Yongsan Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Joon Seol Bae
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Affiliation Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Choon-Sik Park
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* E-mail: hdshin@sogang.ac.kr (HDS); schalr@schmc.ac.kr (CSP)
Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
- Hyoung Doo Shin
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* E-mail: hdshin@sogang.ac.kr (HDS); schalr@schmc.ac.kr (CSP)
Affiliations Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea, Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Competing Interests
SNP Genetics, Inc. provided the iScan scanner instrument and GenomeStudio software used in the research. Co-authors HSC and HDS are employed by SNP Genetics, Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CSP HDS. Performed the experiments: JHK JSB. Analyzed the data: JHK HSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSP ASJ STU YHK MKK ISC SHC BWC CSP. Wrote the paper: JHK CSP HDS.