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Sujeong Kim, MD,1* Chang-Gyu Jung, MD,2* Ji Yeon Lee, MD,3 Gunwoo Kim, MD, PhD,4 Hyun Jung Jin, MD, PhD,5†Han-Ki Park, MD,6†
1Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea
2Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu, Korea
3Divison of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu, Korea
4Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea
5Department of internal medicine, Medical school of Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
6Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Daegu, Korea
*: These authors contributed equally to this work
: Correspondence to the following authors
Professor Han-Ki Park, MD
Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University Chilgok hospital, Hoguk-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41404, Republic of Korea
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Professor Hyun Jung Jin, MD, PhD
Department of internal medicine, Medical school of Yeungnam University, 170 Hyeonchung-ro, Nam-gu, Daegu 42415, Korea.
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