About the Authors

A. Ram Hong

Contributed equally to this work with: A. Ram Hong, Jung Hee Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Jung Hee Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: A. Ram Hong, Jung Hee Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Young Shin Song

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Kyu Eun Lee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Soo Hyun Seo

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Moon-Woo Seong

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Chan Soo Shin

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Sang Wan Kim

seongyk@plaza.snu.ac.kr (SYK); swkimmd@snu.ac.kr (SWK)

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Seong Yeon Kim

seongyk@plaza.snu.ac.kr (SYK); swkimmd@snu.ac.kr (SWK)

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SYK SWK JHK ARH. Performed the experiments: SYK SWK JHK ARH. Analyzed the data: SYK SWK JHK ARH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SYK SWK JHK ARH. Wrote the paper: ARH JHK. Contributed the review and interpretation of the results: ARH JHK YSS KEL SHS MWS CSS SWK SYK.