About the Authors

Yuki Cho

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

Daisuke Tokuhara

m1155519@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

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

Hiroyasu Morikawa

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

Yuko Kuwae

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

Eri Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Izumi Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Masakazu Hirose

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

Takashi Hamazaki

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

Akemi Tanaka

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

Tomoyuki Kawamura

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

Norifumi Kawada

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

Haruo Shintaku

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC DT HS. Performed the experiments: YC DT. Analyzed the data: YC DT YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC DT HM EH MH TH AT TK NK. Wrote the paper: YC DT HM NK HS.