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Hyu Seok Shin, PhD1,4*, Eun Jung Lee, MD,
PhD1,2*, Min Gul Kim MD, PhD3*, Jong
Seung Kim, MD, PhD1,2,4, Sang Woo Yeom,
MS4, Sam Hyun Kwon, MD, PhD1,2, Min
Hee Lee MD5, Doo Hwan Kim, MD6, Sang
Jae Noh, MD, PhD7
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,
College of Medicine, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of
Korea
2Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk
National University–Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National
University Hospital, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
3Department of Pharmacology, Jeonbuk National
University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
4Department of Medical Informatics, Jeonbuk National
University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
5Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy
and Pulmonology, Presbyterian Medical Center, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
6Director of Big-Data Center, National Health
Insurance Service (NHIS), Wonju, Republic of Korea
7Department of Forensic medicine, College of Medicine,
Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
* These authors contributed equally.
Corresponding author: Jong Seung Kim, MD, PhD, Department of Medical
Informatics and Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine,
Jeonbuk National University, 20, Geonji-ro, Deokjin-Gu, Jeonju-si,
Jeonbuk, 561-712, Republic of Korea
Tel: +82 632501980/Fax: +82 632501986
Email address: kjsjdk@gmail.com
Conflict of Interest: none
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