About the Authors

Mitsuru Sugimoto

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Tadayuki Takagi

daccho@fmu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Rei Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Naoki Konno

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Ko Watanabe

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Jun Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Hitomi Kikuchi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Yuichi Waragai

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Hiroyuki Asama

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Mika Takasumi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Takuto Hikichi

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

Hiroshi Watanabe

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Katsutoshi Obara

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

Hiromasa Ohira

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS TT. Performed the experiments: MS TT RS NK. Analyzed the data: MS TT HO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS TT HO. Wrote the paper: MS TT HO. Supervised the report: KW JN HK YW HA MT TH HW KO.