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About the Authors
- Katsuyoshi Ando
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
- Shin Kashima
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
- Aki Sakatani
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
- Hiroaki Konishi
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Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Advanced Medical Sciences, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
- Atsuo Maemoto
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Takahiro Ito
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Masaki Taruishi
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Asahikawa City Hospital, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
- Kenichi Hamagami
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Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Japan Medical Office, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Kaori Ishiguro
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Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Japan Medical Office, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Mikihiro Fujiya
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Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: fjym@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: Kaori Ishiguro and Kenichi Hamagami were paid employees of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. at the time of the study. Takahiro Ito reports funding for the present work from Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.; and grants or contracts from AbbVie Inc., Eli Lilly Co. Ltd., Gilead Sciences Inc., Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K., Pfizer Japan Inc., and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.; and honoraria for lectures from Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K. and Mochida Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Mikihiro Fujiya reports funding for the present work from Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.; honoraria for speaker bureaus from Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.; and receipt of equipment from Olympus Corporation and Fujifilm Corporation. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.