About the Authors
- Jeffrey B. Schwimmer
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* E-mail: jschwimmer@ucsd.edu
Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterology, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Liver Imaging Group, Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Anne Zepeda
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Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America, University of California San Diego, Master of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Kimberly P. Newton
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Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterology, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Stavra A. Xanthakos
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Cynthia Behling
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sharp Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Erin K. Hallinan
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Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Michele Donithan
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Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- James Tonascia
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Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network
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¶The NASH CRN Roster is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JBS AZ KPN. Performed the experiments: JBS KPN SX CB. Analyzed the data: JBS AZ SX EKH MD JT. Wrote the paper: JBS AZ SX CB EKH MD. Statistical analysis: EKH MD. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: JBS AZ KPN SX CB EKH MD JT. Supervision: JBS JT.