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World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol. Jun 15, 2010; 1(2): 69-84
Published online Jun 15, 2010. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v1.i2.69
Paediatric cholestatic liver disease: Diagnosis, assessment of disease progression and mechanisms of fibrogenesis
Tamara N Pereira, Meagan J Walsh, Peter J Lewindon, Grant A Ramm
Tamara N Pereira, Meagan J Walsh, Peter J Lewindon, Grant A Ramm, The Hepatic Fibrosis Group, The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia Peter J Lewindon, Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia
Author contributions: Pereira TN and Walsh MJ contributed equally, researched the content and wrote the manuscript; Lewindon PJ provided clinical editing and assisted with writing the manuscript; and Ramm GA provided scientific editing and assisted with writing the manuscript.
Supported by a Project Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC #496602 to GAR and PJL). Dr. Tamara Pereira is Supported by the Phillip Bushell Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship from the Gastroenterological Society of Australia. Associate Professor Grant A Ramm is Supported by a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (NHMRC #552409)
Correspondence to: Grant A Ramm, PhD, Associate Professor, Head, Hepatic Fibrosis Group, the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, PO Box Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia. grant.ramm@qimr.edu.au
Telephone: +61-7-33620177 Fax: +61-7-33620191
Received: February 9, 2010
Revised: March 26, 2010
Accepted: April 2, 2010
Published online: June 15, 2010
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