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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">KJIM</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title>Korean J Intern Med</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">1226-3303</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">2005-6648</issn>
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<publisher-name>The Korean Association of Internal Medicine</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3904/kjim.2016.254.r1</article-id>
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<subject>Retraction</subject></subj-group></article-categories>
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<article-title>Treadmill exercise-induced E/e&#x02019; elevation as a predictor of cardiovascular event in end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Shin</surname><given-names>Jong Ho</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af1-kjim-2016-254-r1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Kang</surname><given-names>Ki-Woon</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2-kjim-2016-254-r1"><sup>2</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Kim</surname><given-names>Jung Ho</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af1-kjim-2016-254-r1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Chin</surname><given-names>Jung Yeon</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2-kjim-2016-254-r1"><sup>2</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Kim</surname><given-names>Nae Yu</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af3-kjim-2016-254-r1"><sup>3</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Park</surname><given-names>Sang Hyun</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2-kjim-2016-254-r1"><sup>2</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Kim</surname><given-names>Won Ho</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2-kjim-2016-254-r1"><sup>2</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Choi</surname><given-names>Yu Jeong</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2-kjim-2016-254-r1"><sup>2</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name><surname>Jung</surname><given-names>Kyung Tae</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="af2-kjim-2016-254-r1"><sup>2</sup></xref>
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<label>1</label>Division of Nephrology, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, <country>Korea</country></aff>
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<label>2</label>Division of Cardiology, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, <country>Korea</country></aff>
<aff id="af3-kjim-2016-254-r1">
<label>3</label>Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, <country>Korea</country></aff>
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<month>9</month>
<year>2026</year></pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>1</day>
<month>9</month>
<year>2026</year></pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
<issue>5</issue>
<fpage>966</fpage>
<lpage>966</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x000A9; 2026 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</ext-link>) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license></permissions>
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<p>Korean J Intern Med 2016;kjim.2016.254</p>
<p><ext-link xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2016.254" ext-link-type="uri">https://doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2016.254</ext-link></p>
<p>This article has been retracted at the request of the authors.</p>
<p>We apologize for any inconvenience that may have caused.</p>
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