About the Authors
- David A. Johnson
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* E-mail: dajevms@aol.com
Affiliation Gastroenterology Division, Eastern VA Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Robert L. Barclay
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Affiliation Rockford Gastroenterology Associates, Ltd., Rockford, Illinois, United States of America
- Klaus Mergener
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Affiliation Digestive Health Specialists, Tacoma, Washington, United States of America
- Gunter Weiss
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Affiliation Epigenomics AG, Berlin Germany
- Thomas König
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Affiliation Epigenomics AG, Berlin Germany
- Jürgen Beck
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Affiliation Epigenomics AG, Berlin Germany
- Nicholas T. Potter
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Affiliation Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network, Inc., Maryville, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: David A. Johnson MD: •Consultant/clinical investigator- Epigenomics. •Advisory Board Given Imaging, CRH Medical, Abbivie, Jansen/Centacor, Takeda, AstraZeneca, Phizer, Medivo •Clinical investigator – EXACT Sciences. Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA: •Clinical investigator - Epigenomics •Clinical investigator - GI View Ltd •Clinical investigator - CapsoVision •Consultant/clinical investigator - Intromedic •Consultant, Olympus America •Advisory Board - Colon Prep Center •Advisory Board – angelMD. Robert Barclay, MD: •Clinical investigator - Epigenomics. Gunter Weiss: •Epigenomics employee. Thomas König: •Epigenomics employee. Jürgen Beck: •Epigenomics employee at the time of the study. Nicholas Potter, PhD: •Medical Advisory Board – Epigenomics •Clinical investigator- Epigenomics. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GW TK JB. Performed the experiments: DAJ RLB KM NTP. Analyzed the data: GW TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAJ RLB KM GW TK JB NTP. Wrote the paper: DAJ RLB KM GW TK JB NTP.