About the Authors

Jeong-Hyun Kim

Affiliations Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Hyun Sub Cheong

Affiliation Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jae Hoon Sul

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jeong-Meen Seo

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Dae-Yeon Kim

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jung-Tak Oh

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, Severance Children’s Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Kwi-Won Park

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Hyun-Young Kim

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Soo-Min Jung

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Kyuwhan Jung

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea

Min Jeng Cho

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Joon Seol Bae

Affiliation Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Samsung Genome Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Hyoung Doo Shin

hdshin@sogang.ac.kr

Affiliations Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics, Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors of this manuscript have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: SNP Genetics, Inc. provided the iScan scanner instrument and GenomeStudio software used in the research. Authors employed in the company also were involved in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish and preparation of the manuscript. Jeong-Meen Seo is employed by Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, 135-710, Republic of Korea and Joon Seol Bae is employed by Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Samsung Genome Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul 135-710, Republic of Korea. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHK HDS. Performed the experiments: JHK JSB. Analyzed the data: JHK HSC JHS JSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMS DYK JTO KWP HYK SMJ KJ MJC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JHK HDS.