About the Authors

Harin Rhee

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

Keum Sook Jang

Affiliation Department of Nursing, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

Min Ji Shin

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

Jang Won Lee

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

Il Young Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea

Sang Heon Song

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

Dong Won Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea

Soo Bong Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea

Ihm Soo Kwak

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

Eun Young Seong

sey02200@paran.com

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IYK SHS DWL SBL EYS MJS ISK. Performed the experiments: KSJ JWL. Analyzed the data: HR. Wrote the paper: HR.