About the Authors
- Yachiyo Sasaki
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* E-mail: y-sasaki@nurs.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Affiliations Department of Gerontological Nursing, Graduate School of Nursing, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Satoko Ohfuji
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Wakaba Fukushima
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Akihiro Tamori
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Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Masaru Enomoto
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Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Daiki Habu
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Affiliations Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Shuji Iwai
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Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Sawako Uchida-Kobayashi
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Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Hideki Fujii
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Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Susumu Shiomi
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Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Norifumi Kawada
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Affiliation Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- Yoshio Hirota
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SO WF YH. Performed the experiments: YS SO WF. Analyzed the data: YS. Wrote the manuscript: YS. Introduced the patients to the experiments and received the agreements of all participating patients: AT ME DH SI SUK HF SS NK. Drafting the manuscript: YS. Revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: SO WF AT ME DH SI SUK HF SS NK YH.