About the Authors

Daniela Ştefănescu

Affiliation Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Craiova, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania

Costin Streba

Affiliation Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Craiova, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania

Elena Tatiana Cârţână

Affiliation Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Craiova, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania

Adrian Săftoiu

Affiliations Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Craiova, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania, Endoscopy Department, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark

Gabriel Gruionu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America, Department of Engineering and Management of Technological Systems, Faculty of Mechanics, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

Lucian Gheorghe Gruionu

lgruionu@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Engineering and Management of Technological Systems, Faculty of Mechanics, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DŞ CS ETC AS LGG. Performed the experiments: DŞ CS ETC LGG. Analyzed the data: AS GG LGG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DŞ CS ETC AS GG LGG. Wrote the paper: DŞ CS ETC AS GG LGG. Designed the software used in analysis: GG LGG.