Affiliation: | 1. Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center, , Omura, Japan;2. Department of Human Pathology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, , Kanazawa, Japan;3. Department of Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, , Omura, Japan;4. Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, , Fukuoka, Japan;5. International University of Health and Welfare/Fukuoka Sanno Hospital, , Fukuoka, Japan;6. Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, , Tokyo, Japan;7. Headquarters of PBC Research in the National Hospital Organization Study Group for Liver Disease in Japan (NHOSLJ), , Omura, Japan |