About the Authors

Delphine Degré

delphine.degre@erasme.ulb.ac.be

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, CUB Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Thomas Sersté

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, CUB Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium

Luc Lasser

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Brugmann Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Jean Delwaide

Affiliation Department of Hepatogastroenterology, CHU Sart Tilman, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Peter Starkel

Affiliation Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Clinique Universitaire Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium

Wim Laleman

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

Philippe Langlet

Affiliation Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, CHIREC, Brussels, Belgium

Hendrik Reynaert

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VUB, UZ Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Stefan Bourgeois

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, ZNA, Antwerp, Belgium

Thomas Vanwolleghem

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium, Laboratory of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Sergio Negrin Dastis

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, GHdC, Charleroi, Belgium

Thierry Gustot

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, CUB Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Anja Geerts

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Christophe Van Steenkiste

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, AZ Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium

Chantal de Galocsy

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hôpitaux IRIS sud, Brussels, Belgium

Antonia Lepida

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, CUB Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hôpitaux IRIS sud, Brussels, Belgium

Hans Orlent

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, AZ Bruges, Bruges, Belgium

Christophe Moreno

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, CUB Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Jean Delwaide is a member of the Belgian Advisory Board for Janssen-Cilag and of the Belgian Advisory Board of Gilead. He has received a research grant from Janssen-Cilag; he is a lecturer for Janssen-Cilag and Gilead. Hendrik Reynaert is on advisory boards for Abbvie, Janssen, MSD, Gilead. Stefan Bourgeois is a consultant for Gilead, Janssen, AbbVie, BMS & MSD. Thomas Vanwolleghem has received research funding from BMS and Gilead. Christophe Moreno is a consultant for Abbvie, BMS, Gilead, Janssen and MSD. He received research funding from Abbvie, Gilead, Janssen and Roche. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DD CM. Data curation: DD. Formal analysis: DD. Investigation: DD CM. Methodology: DD CM. Project administration: DD CM. Resources: DD TS LL JD PS WL PL HR SB TV SND TG AG CV CDG AL HO CM. Supervision: CM. Validation: DD CM. Visualization: DD CM. Writing – original draft: DD CM. Writing – review & editing: DD TS LL JD PS WL PL HR SB TV SND TG AG CV CDG AL HO CM.