*Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute
†Division of Gastroenterology & Liver Unit, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
‡Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Presented in part at the Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, April 20, 2012, Barcelona, Spain.
Supported by Clinical Research Award from the American College of Gastroenterology Institute 2011.
J.M-J.: study concept and design, data acquisition, manuscript drafting, and critical revision for intellectual content; A.J.M.-L: study concept and design, data analysis, interpretation, manuscript drafting, and critical revision for intellectual content; V.E.B.: study concept and design, interpretation, manuscript drafting, critical revision for intellectual content, and study supervision; C.M.M.P.: study concept and design, data analysis, interpretation, manuscript drafting, and critical revision for intellectual content; V.G.B.: study concept and design, interpretation, manuscript drafting, critical revision for intellectual content, and study supervision; C.B.: data acquisition, analysis, interpretation, and critical revision for intellectual content; N.E.: data acquisition, analysis, interpretation, and critical revision for intellectual content; J.R.L.: study concept and design, data acquisition, manuscript drafting, and critical revision for intellectual content; M.B.S.: study concept and design, data analysis, interpretation, manuscript drafting, critical revision for intellectual content, and study supervision.
The authors declare that they have nothing to disclose.
Reprints: Aldo J. Montano-Loza, MD, MSc, Division of Gastroenterology & Liver Unit, University of Alberta Hospital, Zeidler Ledcor Centre, 130 University Campus, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2X8 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Received October 5, 2012
Accepted March 11, 2013