The epidemiological trends and projected future of primary sclerosing cholangitis by 2040: An updated meta-analysis and modeling study

• Meysam Olfatifar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gastroenterology and Hepatology Diseases Research Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5011-1380

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• Mohsen Rajabnia,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran

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• Amir Sadeghi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Amirhassan Rabbani,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran

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• Shabnam Shahrokh,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Mohammad Amin Habibi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Clinical Research Development Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran

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• MehdiSure Pezeshgi Modarres,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Gastroenterology and Hepatology Diseases Research Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran

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• Mohammad Reza Zali,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Hamidreza Houri

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hr.houri@sbmu.ac.ir

  Affiliation Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6813-0229

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