1Norwegian PSC Research Center, Department of Transplantation Medicine, Division of Cancer MedicineSurgery and TransplantationOslo University Hospital RikshospitaletOsloNorway
2National Centre for Ultrasound in GastroenterologyHaukeland University HospitalBergenNorway
3Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
4Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Transplantation MedicineOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
5Bioinformatics Core FacilityInstitute for Medical Informatics, Oslo University HospitalOsloNorway
6Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of OsloOsloNorway
7K.G. Jebsen Cardiac Research Centre and Center for Heart Failure ResearchUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
8Section of Specialized Endocrinology, Department of EndocrinologyOslo University Hospital RikshospitaletOsloNorway
9UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Division of MedicineUniversity College London & Royal Free London, NHS Foundation TrustLondonUK
10The Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Molecular Biology (EpiGen), Campus Ahus, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of OsloOsloNorway
11Department of Clinical MedicineUniversity of BergenBergenNorway
12Department of ImmunologyOslo University Hospital RikshospitaletOsloNorway
13Department of Radiology and Nuclear MedicineOslo University Hospital RikshospitaletOsloNorway
14Liver UnitHospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
15Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyAcademic Medical CenterAmsterdamThe Netherlands
16Department of Medicine, Division of GastroenterologyHelsinki University HospitalHelsinkiFinland
17Division of Medicine, Department of GastroenterologyOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
18Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Oslo University Hospital RikshospitaletOsloNorway
19Division of MedicineAkershus University HospitalLørenskogNorway
20K.G. Jebsen Inflammation Research CentreUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
*Address reprint requests to: Prof. Tom H. Karlsen, M.D., Ph.D., Norwegian PSC Research Center, Division of Cancer, Surgery and Transplantation, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Postboks 4950 Nydalen, N‐0424 Oslo, Norway. E‐mail: [email protected]; tel: +47 23 07 3616; fax: +47 2307 3928.
†These authors contributed equally to this work.