TADA Toshifumi¹, KUMADA Takashi², TOYODA Hidenori¹, KANAMORI Akira¹, YASUDA Satoshi¹, NIWA Fumihiko³, OGAWA Sadanobu³, HASHINOKUCHI Shinichi³, KATAOKA Saki³ (1.Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, 2.Nursing, Gifu Kyoritsu University, 3.Imaging Diagnosis, Ogaki Municipal Hospital)

KAWABE Naoto, HASHIMOTO Sanyu, MIYACHI Sayuri, NAKAOKA Kazunori, NAKANO Takuji, SUGIYAMA Hiroko, NISHIKAWA Toru, OSAKABE Keisuke, ICHINO Naohiro, YOSHIOKA Kentaro (Department of Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas Diseases, Fujita Health University School of Medicine)

KORENAGA Keiko^{1, 4}, KORENAGA Masaaki², MIZOKAMI Masashi³ (1.Department of Gastrpenterology and Hepatology, Kohonodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 2.The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, Kohonodai Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 3.Genom project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 4.Health Care Center, JCHO Funamashi Central Hospital)

OGINO Yuu, YOSHIMINE Naoyuki, WAKUI Noritaka, MUKOUZU Takanori, NAGAI Hidenari, IGARASHI Yoshinori (Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Toho University Oomori Medical Center)

MATSUMOTO Naoki, OGAWA Masahiro, KANEKO Masahiro, KUMAGAWA Mariko, WATANABE Yukinobu, HIRAYAMA Midori, MASUOKA Shinya, YAMAMOTO Toshiki, KANDA Tatsuo, MORIYAMA Mitsuhiko (Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nihon University School of Medicine)

HIROOKA Masashi, TANAKA Takaaki, KOIZUMI Yohei, IMAI Yuusuke, YUKIMOTO Atsushi, ISHIHARA Toru, YOSHIDA Osamu, FURUKAWA Shinya, ABE Masanori, HIASA Yoichi (Gastroenterology and Metrology, Ehime University)

SUZUKI Yasuaki¹, UEHARA Akito¹, UEHARA Kyouko¹, SUGIMURA Koujiro¹, FUJIBAYASHI Syugo¹, SERIKAWA Shinya¹, NAGASHIMA Hiromi² (1.Gastroenterology, Nayoro City General Hospital, 2.Ultrasound, GE Healthcare)

MIKAMI Yuriko¹, KURODA Hidekatsu², ABE Tamami², TAKIKAWA Yasuhiro², OOGURI Takuma³, KANAYAMA Yuuko³, NOGUCHI Sachiyo³, KAMIYAMA Naohisa³, SUWABE Akira⁴ (1.Central Clinical Laboratory, Iwate Medical University Hospital, 2.Division of Hepatology,Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 3.Ultrasound Division, GE Healthcare, 4.Department of Laboratory Medicine, Iwate Medical University)

DENPO Hideyuki¹, SAITOH Satoshi², KINOWAKI Keichi³ (1.Department of Clinical Laboratory, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, 2.Department of Hepatology, Toranomon Hospital, 3.Department of Pathology, Toranomon Hospital)

NISHIMURA Takashi^{1, 2}, AOKI Tomoko^{1, 3}, NAKANO Chikage^{1, 4}, TAKASHIMA Tomoyuki², AIZAWA Nobuhiro², IKEDA Naoto², NISHIKAWA Hiroki², ENOMOTO Hirayuki², NISHIGUCHI Shuhei², IIJIMA Hiroko^{1, 2} (1.Ultrasound Imaging Center, Hyogo College of Medicine, 2.Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Disease, Hyogo College of Medicine, 3.Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe Kaisei Hospital, 4.Department of Gastroenterology, Rinku General Medical Center)