About the Authors

Munenori Honda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Hideaki Naoe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

naoh@kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Ryosuke Gushima

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Hideaki Miyamoto

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Masakuni Tateyama

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Kouichi Sakurai

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation Hattori Clinic, Kumamoto, Japan

Yasushi Oda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Oda GI Endoscopy and Gastroenterology Clinic, Kumamoto, Japan

Yoshitaka Murakami

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhito Tanaka

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.