About the Authors

Xiaowen Ma

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Liver Diseases Prevention and Control, Jinan, Shandong, China

Le Wang

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Liver Diseases Prevention and Control, Jinan, Shandong, China

Hao Wu

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Liver Diseases Prevention and Control, Jinan, Shandong, China

Yuemin Feng

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Liver Diseases Prevention and Control, Jinan, Shandong, China

Xibiao Han

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Haoran Bu

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Liver Diseases Prevention and Control, Jinan, Shandong, China

Qiang Zhu

zhuqiang@medmail.com.cn

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Liver Diseases Prevention and Control, Jinan, Shandong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: QZ XM. Data curation: XM LW. Formal analysis: HB. Funding acquisition: QZ. Investigation: XM LW. Methodology: XM LW. Project administration: QZ. Resources: XM. Software: HW YF. Supervision: QZ. Validation: XH. Visualization: QZ. Writing – original draft: XM. Writing – review & editing: QZ.