1. Division of Hepatology and Pancreatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Japan
2. Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
3. Department of General Internal Medicine2, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama 700-8505, Japan
4. Department of Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
5. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
6. Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
7. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine,Tokyo Women’s Medical University Medical Center East, Tokyo, Japan
8. Department of Gastroenterology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
9. Department of Gastroenterology, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, Japan
10. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
11. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Suita Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan
12. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
13. Department of Molecular Biochemistry & Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
14. Liver Center, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan
15. Hepatology Center, Saiseikai Suita Hospital, Osaka, Japan