Park, Dong-Jin
Kim, Seong-Ho
Nah, Seong-Su
Lee, Ji Hyun
Kim, Seong-Kyu
Lee, Yeon-Ah
Hong, Seung-Jae
Kim, Hyun-Sook
Lee, Hye-Soon
Kim, Hyoun Ah
Joung, Chung-Il
Kim, Sang-Hyon
Lee, Shin-Seok https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6810-7355
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the NRF funded by the Korean government (MSIP (2017M3A9E8023014))
Chonnam National University Hospital Biomedical Research Institute (CRI16015-1)
Article History
Received: 27 March 2018
Accepted: 18 September 2018
First Online: 3 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and written informed consent was obtained from all participants at the time of recruitment. Exactly the same informed consult form (ICF) and study protocol were provided to the independent Institutional Review Board/Ethics Committee (IRB/EC) at each medical center, and each IRB/EC reviewed the appropriateness of the protocol and risks and benefits to the study participants. Ultimately, the IRB/EC at each medical center independently approved this study without revision of the ICF or study protocol.
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