[1] Nagasaki Univ, Grad Sch Biomedial Sci, Clin Res Ctr, Nagasaki Med Ctr,Dept Hepatol, Omura, Japan
[2] Minist Hlth & Welf, Intractable Liver Dis Res Project Team, Headquaters Working Grp Gp210, Nagasaki, Japan
[3] Okayama Univ, Grad Sch Med Dent & Pharmaceut Sci, Dept Gastroenterol & Hepatol, Okayama 7008530, Japan
[4] Jikei Univ, Sch Med, Div Gastroenterol & Hepatol, Tokyo, Japan
[5] Fukushima Med Univ, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med 2, Fukushima, Japan
[6] Tokyo Womens Med Univ, Dept Med & Gastroenterol, Tokyo, Japan
[7] Kanazawa Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Gastroenterol, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
[8] Tohoku Univ, Grad Sch Med, Div Gastroenterol, Sendai, Miyagi 980, Japan
[9] Teikyo Univ, Mizokuchi Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
[10] Ehime Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Gastroenterol & Metabol, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
[11] Kyushu Univ, Grad Sch Med Sci, Dept Med & Biosyst Sci, Fukuoka 812, Japan
[12] Teikyo Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Tokyo 173, Japan
[13] Kochi Med Sch, Dept Gastroenterol & Hepatol, Kochi, Japan
[14] Kagoshima Univ, Grad Sch Med & Dent Sci, Dept Digest & Life Style Related Dis, Kagoshima 890, Japan
[15] Kanazawa Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Human Pathol, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan