About the Authors

Hossein Poustchi

Affiliation Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

Jacob George

Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Saeed Esmaili

Affiliation Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

Farzaneh Esna-Ashari

Affiliation Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Gelayol Ardalan

Affiliation Youth and School Health Office, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran

Sadaf Ghajarieh Sepanlou

Affiliation Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

Seyed Moayed Alavian

editor@hepatmon.com

Affiliation Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases (BRCGL), Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Hepatitis Center, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HP JG. Performed the experiments: SE FE GA. Analyzed the data: HP SE SGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HP JG SMA. Wrote the paper: HP JG SE SGS SMA.