About the Authors

Minoru Tomizawa

nihminor-cib@umin.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization, Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido City, Chiba, Japan

Fuminobu Shinozaki

Affiliation Department of Radiology, National Hospital Organization, Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido City, Chiba, Japan

Takao Sugiyama

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization, Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido City, Chiba, Japan

Shigenori Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, National Hospital Organization, Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido City, Chiba, Japan

Makoto Sueishi

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization, Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido City, Chiba, Japan

Takanobu Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Shimoshizu Hospital, Yotsukaido City, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS TY. Performed the experiments: MT FS. Analyzed the data: TS MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY. Wrote the paper: MT.