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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
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