Hong, Oak-Kee
Son, Jang-Won
Kwon, Hyuk-Sang
Lee, Seong-Su
Kim, Sung-Rae
Yoo, Soon Jib https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9932-4130
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (NRF-2012R1A1A1014272)
Research of Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital (BCMC14IC02 and BCMC12YA12)
Article History
Received: 17 July 2018
Accepted: 14 September 2018
First Online: 29 September 2018
Author’s information
: Oak-Kee Hong <sup>1</sup> Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222, Banpo-daro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 06591, Republic of Korea, endo2@catholic.ac.krJang-Won Son <sup>2</sup> Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327, Sosa-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 14647, Republic of Korea, emd76@naver.comHyuk-Sang Kwon <sup>3</sup> Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 10, 63-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 07345, Republic of Korea, drkwon@catholic.ac.krSeong-Su Lee <sup>2</sup> Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327, Sosa-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 14647, Republic of Korea, mddaniel70@gmail.comSung-Rae Kim <sup>2</sup> Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327, Sosa-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 14647, Republic of Korea, kimsungrae@catholic.ac.krSoon Jib Yoo <sup>2</sup> Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327, Sosa-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 14647, Republic of Korea, sjyoomt@gmail.com, sjyoo@catholic.ac.kr
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