About the Authors
- Alexander Link
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Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center and Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
- Sung Kwan Shin
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Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center and Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Takeshi Nagasaka
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Francesc Balaguer
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Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center and Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterology, Institut de Malalties Digestives i Metabòliques, Hospital Clínic, CIBEREHD, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Minoru Koi
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center and Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Barbara Jung
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- C. Richard Boland
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* E-mail: rick.boland@baylorhealth.edu (CRB); ajay.goel@baylorhealth.edu (AG)
Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center and Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Ajay Goel
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* E-mail: rick.boland@baylorhealth.edu (CRB); ajay.goel@baylorhealth.edu (AG)
Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center and Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AL SKS FB CRB AG. Performed the experiments: AL SKS FB MK BJ AG. Analyzed the data: AL FB MK BJ CRB AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL TN AG. Wrote the paper: AL FB CRB AG.