Increasing contribution of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease to hepatocellular carcinoma incidence and mortality in U.S. Medicare

Carrie R Wong^{1

2}, Joseph K Lim³

Affiliations

¹ Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Yale Liver Center and Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

Editorial

Carrie R Wong et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;8(5):506-508.

doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2019.04.06.

Carrie R Wong^{1

2}, Joseph K Lim³

¹ Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Yale Liver Center and Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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