About the Authors

Yohei Waseda

wsdyhi@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsukihigashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Hisashi Doyama

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsukihigashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Noriyuki Inaki

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsukihigashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Hiroyoshi Nakanishi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsukihigashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Naohiro Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsukihigashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Shigetsugu Tsuji

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsukihigashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Kenichi Takemura

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsukihigashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Shinya Yamada

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsukihigashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Toshihide Okada

Affiliation Department of General Medicine, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1 Kuratsukihigashi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW HD. Performed the experiments: NI HN NY ST KT SY. Analyzed the data: YW TO. Wrote the paper: YW HD.