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Binu V John^{1

2}, Yangyang Deng³, Paul Martin², Cynthia Levy², Tamar H Taddei^{4

5}, David E Kaplan^{6

7}, Bassam Dahman³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hepatology, Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL.
² Division of Digestive Health and Liver Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
³ Department of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
⁴ Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
⁵ VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.
⁶ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁷ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.

Comment

Binu V John et al. Hepatology. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;74(4):2322-2323.

doi: 10.1002/hep.31917. Epub 2021 Aug 15.

Binu V John^{1

2}, Yangyang Deng³, Paul Martin², Cynthia Levy², Tamar H Taddei^{4

5}, David E Kaplan^{6

7}, Bassam Dahman³

¹ Division of Hepatology, Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL.
² Division of Digestive Health and Liver Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL.
³ Department of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
⁴ Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
⁵ VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT.
⁶ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁷ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interests: None of the authors have personal or financial conflicts of interests to declare in relation to this publication

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