Has the Incidence of Acute Pyelonephritis Increased in Korea? - Big Data as a Double-edged Sword

Jin-Hong Yoo^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, Bucheon, Korea.

Editorial

Jin-Hong Yoo. J Korean Med Sci. 2018.

. 2018 Nov 15;33(49):e317.

doi: 10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e317. eCollection 2018 Dec 3.

Jin-Hong Yoo^{1

2}

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, Bucheon, Korea.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: The author has no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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