About the Authors
- Jeong-Hyun Kim
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jeong-Hyun Kim, Byung-Lae Park
Affiliation Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Byung-Lae Park
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jeong-Hyun Kim, Byung-Lae Park
Affiliation Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Incorporation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Hyun Sub Cheong
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Affiliation Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Incorporation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Joon Seol Bae
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Affiliation Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Jong Sook Park
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
- An Soo Jang
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
- Soo-Taek Uh
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
- Jae-Sung Choi
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
- Yong-Hoon Kim
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Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
- Mi-Kyeong Kim
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Affiliation Division of Internal Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
- Inseon S. Choi
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Affiliation Department of Allergy, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
- Sang Heon Cho
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Byoung Whui Choi
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University Yongsan Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Choon-Sik Park
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* E-mail: hdshin@sogang.ac.kr (HDS); schalr@schbc.ac.kr (CSP)
Affiliation Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea
- Hyoung Doo Shin
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* E-mail: hdshin@sogang.ac.kr (HDS); schalr@schbc.ac.kr (CSP)
Affiliations Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Incorporation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Competing Interests
SNP Genetics, Inc. provided the Beadstation500 scanner instrument and BeadStudio 3.0 software used in the research. However, these competing interests do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies. No other relevant interests are declared.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CSP HDS. Performed the experiments: HSC JSB. Analyzed the data: JHK BLP HSC JSB HDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSP ASJ STU JSC YHK MKK ISC SHC BWC CSP. Wrote the paper: JHK BLP CSP HDS.