Soonchunhyang Medical Science (Soonchunhyang Med Sci, SMS) is the official journal of the Soonchunhyang Medical Research Institute, which is issued semiannually in June and December, and published in Korean together with English. SMS aims to provide the state of the art clinical and basic science information, and to promote academic communication between medical doctors, basic science researcher, and health care professionals. This journal publishes original articles, review articles, and case reports. All submitted manuscripts should be original and should not be considered by other scientific journals for publication at the same time.