Maintaining Patient Safety and Data Integrity of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Trials During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2 Pandemic

Naim Alkhouri^#¹, Anita Kohli^#¹, Rohit Loomba^{2

3}, Stephen A Harrison⁴

Affiliations

¹ Arizona Liver Health, Chandler, AZ.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine and Division of Epidemiology, Department of Family and Preventive, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
³ NAFLD Research Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
⁴ Pinnacle Clinical Research, San Antonio, TX.

^# Contributed equally.

Comment

Naim Alkhouri et al. Hepatology. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;72(5):1509-1513.

doi: 10.1002/hep.31522. Epub 2020 Oct 29.

Naim Alkhouri^#¹, Anita Kohli^#¹, Rohit Loomba^{2

3}, Stephen A Harrison⁴

¹ Arizona Liver Health, Chandler, AZ.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine and Division of Epidemiology, Department of Family and Preventive, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
³ NAFLD Research Center, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
⁴ Pinnacle Clinical Research, San Antonio, TX.

^# Contributed equally.

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