Kim, Jae-Hong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4806-3401
Lee, Cham-Kyul
Lee, Eun-Yong
Cho, Myoung-Rae
Lee, Young-Su
Lee, Jeong-Soon
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health and Welfare (HB16C0026, HI18C0546)
Article History
Received: 1 April 2020
Accepted: 16 February 2021
First Online: 4 March 2021
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol of this study (ver.0.9) was approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (31244; approval date: April 04, 2017) and the IRB of Semyung University Korean Medicine Hospital in Chungju (1705-07; approval date: May 08, 2017) before initiation. Version1.0 was approved by the IRB of DongShin University Gwangju Korean Medicine Hospital (DSGOH-046; approval date: December 18, 2017). This trial was registered at the Clinical Research Information Service (; registration number: KCT0002374; registration date: July 11, 2017). The purpose and potential risks of this study were fully explained to the participants. All participants provided written informed consent before participating in this study.
: Written informed consent for publication of individual details and accompanying images will be obtained from the trial participants. The consent forms are in the possession of the authors and are available for review by the Editor-in-Chief.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.