Stein, Jeffrey S.
Sze, Yan Yan
Athamneh, Liqa
Koffarnus, Mikhail N.
Epstein, Leonard H.
Bickel, Warren K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (1UH2DK109543-01)
Article History
Received: 28 February 2017
Accepted: 2 May 2017
First Online: 15 May 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Bickel is a principal of HealthSim, LLC and Notifius, LLC; a scientific advisory board member of Sober Grid, Inc. and DxRx, Inc.; and a consultant for ProPhase, LLC and Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc. Dr. Epstein is a consultant for and has equity in Kurbo Health. Jeffrey S. Stein, Yan Yan Sze, Liqa Athamneh, and Mikhail N. Koffarnus do not have any real or potential conflict(s) of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.