Hisham Hussan, Kristen Roberts, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
Hisham Hussan, Steven K Clinton, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
Steven K Clinton, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
Michael T Bailey, Department of Pediatrics, OSU College of Medicine And Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, United States
Author contributions: Hussan H was involved in conception, design, systematic review of data, and drafting and critical revision of the manuscript; The above author had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data; Roberts K performed an independent systematic review of the literature and contributed to critical review of the data and manuscript; Clinton SK and Bailey MT contributed to the design, interpretation of data, writing of the manuscript, and final review of the manuscript; all gave final approval of the submitted manuscript and take responsibility for the integrity of the work.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors do not have any relevant conflicts of interest (including relevant financial interests, activities, relationships, and/or affiliations).
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Correspondence to: Hisham Hussan, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 395 W 12th Ave, Suite 240, Columbus, OH 43210, United States. hisham.hussan@osumc.edu
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Received: July 30, 2017
Peer-review started: July 30, 2017
First decision: August 30, 2017
Revised: October 9, 2017
Accepted: November 8, 2017
Article in press: November 8, 2017
Published online: December 28, 2017
