Letter to the Editor: Mucosal gut microbiota in primary sclerosing cholangitis before and after liver transplantation-Are there other challenges?

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¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Burcin Ekser et al. Hepatology. 2023.

. 2023 Aug 1;78(2):E27-E28.

doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000503. Epub 2023 Jun 5.

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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A shared mucosal gut microbiota signature in primary sclerosing cholangitis before and after liver transplantation.
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