Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of National Research Foundation of Korea (2018R1C1B5045586)
Soonchunhyang University (NA)
Korean College of Rheumatology (NA)
Article History
Received: 3 April 2019
Accepted: 21 August 2019
First Online: 11 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the ethics committee of all institutions involved including Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital (IRB number: 2015–12-012). Informed consent was obtained by each involved institution. Informed written consent from patients was obtained by each involved institution. The full names of ethics committees of the participating institutions are provided by Additional file InternalRef removed.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.