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Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Division of Gastroenterology, The McGill University Health Center, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
² Program for Health Assurance and Purchasing, Vision Realization Office, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Editorial

Majid A Almadi et al. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2021 Nov-Dec.

. 2021 Nov-Dec;27(6):317-318.

doi: 10.4103/sjg.sjg_541_21.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Division of Gastroenterology, The McGill University Health Center, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
² Program for Health Assurance and Purchasing, Vision Realization Office, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Conflict of interest statement

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Undisclosed payments by pharmaceutical manufacturers to authors of inflammatory bowel disease guidelines in the United States.
Al Sulais E, Alsahafi M, AlAmeel T. Al Sulais E, et al. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2021 Nov-Dec;27(6):342-347. doi: 10.4103/sjg.sjg_426_21. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2021. PMID: 34755712 Free PMC article.

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