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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose the following: J.A. Walker is CEO of Dr. NAPS, LLC; T. Wehrmann received speaker's fees and research support from Fresenius-Kabi, Germany; A. Riphaus received speaker's fees from Fresenius-Kabi, Falk Pharma and Nycomed, Germany, and research support from Fresenius-Kabi, Germany. The remaining authors disclose no conflicts.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.03.042

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