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Acknowledgements
We thank the members of the Kobe IBD Study Group for their efforts in patient enrollment. The members of the
Kobe IBD Study Group not included as authors are as follows: Junya Ando (Ando Gastroenterology IBD Clinic),
Michitaka Kohashi (Kakogawa Central City Hospital), Mari Noda (Osaka Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital), Hidenori
Tanaka (Sanda City Hospital). We would like to thank Editage for English language editing.
Author contributions
All authors contributed to the study conception and design. The material preparation, data collection and analysis
were performed by H.M. and N.H. The first draft of the manuscript was written by H.M., and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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