About the Authors

Eun-Jung Rhee

Contributed equally to this work with: Eun-Jung Rhee, Mi Hae Seo

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Mi Hae Seo

Contributed equally to this work with: Eun-Jung Rhee, Mi Hae Seo

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Soonchunhyang University Gumi Hospital, Gumi, Republic of Korea

Jong Dae Kim

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Won Seon Jeon

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Se Eun Park

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Cheol-Young Park

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Ki-Won Oh

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Sung-Woo Park

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Won-Young Lee

drlwy@hanmail.net

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJR MHS WYL. Analyzed the data: JDK WSJ SEP CYP KWO SWP WYL. Wrote the paper: EJR MHS.