About the Authors

Kazumichi Abe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

k-abe@fmu.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanawa Kosei Hospital, Higashishirakawa, Japan

Atsushi Takahashi

Roles Data curation

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

Masashi Fujita

Roles Data curation

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

Hiromichi Imaizumi

Roles Data curation

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

Manabu Hayashi

Roles Data curation

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

Ken Okai

Roles Data curation

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

Hiromasa Ohira

Roles Conceptualization

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.