About the Authors

Noriyuki Kurimoto

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yu Nishida

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Shuhei Hosomi

Roles Supervision

shuhosomi@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Shigehiro Itani

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yumie Kobayashi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Rieko Nakata

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Masaki Ominami

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yuji Nadatani

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Shusei Fukunaga

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Koji Otani

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Fumio Tanaka

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yasuaki Nagami

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Koichi Taira

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Noriko Kamata

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yasuhiro Fujiwara

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.