About the Authors
- Elliot B. Tapper
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* E-mail: etapper@bidmc.harvard.edu
Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, United States of America
- M. G. Myriam Hunink
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Affiliations Dept of Radiology, Dept of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Center for Health Decision Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, United States of America
- Nezam H. Afdhal
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, United States of America
- Michelle Lai
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, United States of America
- Neil Sengupta
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Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Competing Interests
Afdhal has served on the advisory board for EchoSens (maker of Fibroscan); however, no money was received for this manuscript and EchoSens had no access to this study at any point. No other authors present conflicts. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EBT NS. Performed the experiments: EBT NS. Analyzed the data: EBT NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EBT NS ML MGMH NHA. Wrote the paper: EBT NS. Critical revision: MGMH MGMH ML.