Lee, Myungsun
Mok, Jeongha
Kim, Deog Kyeom
Shim, Tae Sun
Koh, Won-Jung
Jeon, Doosoo
Lee, Taehoon
Lee, Seung Heon
Kim, Ju Sang
Park, Jae Seuk
Lee, Ji Yeon
Kim, Song Yee
Lee, Jae Ho
Jo, Kyung-Wook
Jhun, Byung Woo
Kang, Young Ae
Ahn, Joong Hyun
Kim, Chang-Ki
Shin, Soyoun
Song, Taeksun
Shin, Sung Jae
Kim, Young Ran
Ahn, Heejung
Hahn, Seokyung
Won, Ho Jeong
Jang, Ji Yeon
Cho, Sang Nae
Yim, Jae-Joon
Funding for this research was provided by:
Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (2015-177)
Article History
Received: 6 March 2018
Accepted: 14 November 2018
First Online: 16 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The trial received ethical approval from the Institutional Review Boards of all participating sites: Seoul National University Hospital (approval number H-1508-105-696), National Medical Center (approval number H-1602-063-002), Dankook University Hospital (approval number DKUH 2016-03-001), Pusan National University Hospital (approval number H-1602-010-053), Korea University Ansan Hospital (approval number AS16181), Samsung Medical Center (approval number SMC 2016-02-122), Asan Medical Center (approval number 2016-0316), Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG)-Seoul National University (SNU) Boramae Medical Center (approval number 26-2016-22), Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital (approval number 04-2016-003), Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine (approval number 4-2016-0141), Ulsan University Hospital (approval number UUH 2016-02-013), and the Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital (approval number OC16MNMS0020). Participants must provide signed and dated written informed consent prior to undergoing any study-specific procedures.
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