About the Authors

Jung-Woo Seo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Haena Moon

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Se-Yun Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Ju-Young Moon

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Kyung Hwan Jeong

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Yu-Ho Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Yang-Gyun Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Tae-Won Lee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Chun-Gyoo Ihm

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Chan-Duck Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Kyung-pook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea

Byung Ha Chung

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea

Yeong Hoon Kim

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Busan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, South Korea

Sang Ho Lee

lshkidney@khu.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SHL JWS. Formal analysis: JWS HM SYK YHL. Funding acquisition: SHL. Investigation: JWS. Project administration: SHL JYM. Resources: KHJ YGK TWL CGI CDK BHC YHK. Writing – original draft: JWS SHL. Writing – review & editing: JWS SHL.