Kim, Seok Jin
Yoon, Dok Hyun
Kang, Hye Jin
Hong, Jung Yong
Lee, Ho Sup
Oh, Sung Yong
Shin, Ho-Jin
Kong, Jee Hyun
Yi, Jun Ho
Sakamoto, Kana
Ko, Young Hyeh
Huh, Jooryung
Lee, Seung-Sook
Takeuchi, Kengo
Shin, Dong-Yeop
Suh, Cheolwon
Kim, Won Seog
Article History
Received: 24 June 2019
Accepted: 28 October 2019
First Online: 10 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Each study site obtained approval from their local institutional review board. All patients gave written informed consent prior to study participation. The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01965119). The following review boards of participating institutes approved this study: Samsung Medical Center Institutional Review Board (No: SMC 2013–06-039), Asan Medical Center Institutional Review Board (No: 2013–1004), Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Science Institutional Review Board (No: KIRAMS 2013–11-002), Kosin University Gospel Hospital Institutional Review Board (No: KUGH 2014–04-034), Dong-A University Hospital Institutional Review Board (No: 14–053), Pusan National University Hospital Institutional Review Board (No: H-1401-002-026), Wonju Severance Christian Hospital Institutional Review Board (No: CR113046), and Chung-Ang University Hospital Institutional Review Board (No: C2014122–1318).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.