Journal of Hepatology
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 450-451 , March 2010

International Hepatology

  • Shannon S. Glaser

      Affiliations

    • Scott & White Digestive Disease Research Center, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, TX 76504, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Scott & White Hospital and Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX 76504, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Medicine, Scott & White and Texas A&M Health Science Center, Digestive Disease Research Center, 702 SW H.K. Dodgen Loop, Temple, TX 76504, USA. Tel.: +1 254 742 7058; fax: +1 254 724 9278.
    • ,
  • Gianfranco Alpini

      Affiliations

    • Research, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX 76504, USA
    • Scott & White Digestive Disease Research Center, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, TX 76504, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Scott & White Hospital and Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX 76504, USA

Received 11 November 2009 ,Revised 19 November 2009 ,Accepted 20 November 2009.

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PII: S0168-8278(09)00797-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.11.021

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 450-451 , March 2010

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