Burden of Digestive Diseases in the United States Part III: Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas
published online 25 February 2009.
This third of 3 articles addresses the burden in the United States from diseases of the liver, biliary tract (including gallbladder), and pancreas. The first article concerned summary data for all digestive diseases and selected upper gastrointestinal diseases. The second article addressed endoscopic procedures and diseases of the lower gastrointestinal tract. Each article extracted significant digestive disease data from “The Burden of Digestive Diseases in the United States” report, which was compiled to support the efforts of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases.1 The full report is available at wwwz.niddk.nih.gov/AboutNIDDK/ReportsAndStrategicPlanning.
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland; and Social & Scientific Systems, Inc, Silver Spring, Maryland
Reprint requests Address requests for reprints to: James E. Everhart, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2 Democracy Plaza, Room 655, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 5450, Bethesda, MD 20892-5450
Conflicts of Interest The authors disclose no conflicts.
Funding Supported by HHS contracts N267200612918C and N267200700001G.
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