Periodontitis is associated with significant hepatic fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

• William Alazawi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: w.alazawi@qmul.ac.uk

  Affiliation Blizard institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Eduardo Bernabe,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Institute of Dentistry, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1858-3713

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• David Tai,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Blizard institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Tomasz Janicki,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Dental Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Polychronis Kemos,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Blizard institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Salma Samsuddin,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration

  Affiliation Blizard institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Wing-Kin Syn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Blizard institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom, Section of Gastroenterology, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States of America

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• David Gillam,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dental Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Wendy Turner

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dental Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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