Aldo Montano-Loza

Area of Study / Keywords

Education Hepatology Fellowship Liver transplantation Cirrhosis Body composition Autoimmune Liver Diseases

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About

Aldo J. Montano-Loza, MD, MSc, PhD, FAASLD, FACG

Dr. Montano-Loza graduated from the University of Guadalajara (1998) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (2005, 2007), where he obtained his degrees in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy. He went on to obtain further training in Autoimmune Liver Diseases under the mentorship of Dr. Albert J. Czaja at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota in 2008, and in 2009 he finished an Advanced Hepatology Fellowship at the University of Alberta. In addition, Dr. Montano-Loza successfully obtained his Master and Doctoral degree in Medical Sciences (2008, 2013). 

Dr. Montano-Loza was recruited as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta in 2009 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2015. Currently, he is the Program Director of the Advanced Hepatology Fellowship, and the Director of the Autoimmune Liver Disease Clinic. He was elected president of the Canadian Liver Transplant Network in 2017. 

Dr. Montano-Loza is the recipient of International and National Awards. He has published over 130 original publications as lead author in high-impact scientific journals including Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology and Nature Premiers, largely in the areas of his major interest in autoimmune liver diseases, liver transplantation and evaluation of body composition in cirrhosis. 

Link to publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Montano-Loza

Roberts S.B., Hirschfield G.M., Worobetz L.J., Vincent C., Flemming J.A., Cheung A., Qumosani K., Swain M., Grbic D., Ko H.H., Peltekian K., Selzner N., Abrahamyan L., Aziz B., Lytvyak E., Tirona K., Gulamhusein A.F., Janssen H.L.A., Montano-Loza A.J., Mason A.L., Hansen B.E.

Hepatology. 2022 August; 76 (2):303-316 10.1002/hep.32426

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Ebadi M., Dunichand-Hoedl A.R., Rider E., Kneteman N.M., Shapiro J., Bigam D., Dajani K., Mazurak V.C., Baracos V.E., Montano-Loza A.J.

JHEP Reports. 2022 July; 4 (7) 10.1016/j.jhepr.2022.100495

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Montano-Loza A.J., Ronca V., Ebadi M., Hansen B.E., Hirschfield G., Elwir S., Alsaed M., Milkiewicz P., Janik M.K., Marschall H.U., Burza M.A., Efe C., Caliskan A.R., Harputluoglu M., Kabaçam G., Terrabuio D., de Quadros Onofrio F., Selzner N., Bonder A., Parés A., Llovet L., Akyildiz M., Arikan C., Manns M.P., Taubert R., Weber A.L., Schiano T.D., Haydel B., Czubkowski P., Socha P., Oldak N., Akamatsu N., Tanaka A., Levy C., Martin E.F., Goel A., Sedki M., Jankowska I., Ikegami T., Rodriguez M., Sterneck M., Weiler-Normann C., Schramm C., Donato M.F., Lohse A., Andrade R.J., Patwardhan V.R., van Hoek B., Biewenga M., Kremer A.E., Ueda Y., Deneau M., Pedersen M., Mayo M.J., Floreani A., Burra P., Secchi M.F., Beretta-Piccoli B.T., Sciveres M., Maggiore G., Jafri S.M., Debray D., Girard M., Lacaille F., Lytvyak E., Mason A.L., Heneghan M., Oo Y.H.

JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2022 July; 77 (1):84-97 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.01.022

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Journal of Hepatology. 2022 June;

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Journal of Hepatology. 2022 June;

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Journal of Hepatology. 2022 June;

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Corpechot C., Carrat F., Gaouar F., Chau F., Hirschfield G., Gulamhusein A., Montano-Loza A.J., Lytvyak E., Schramm C., Pares A., Olivas I., Eaton J.E., Osman K.T., Dalekos G., Gatselis N., Nevens F., Cazzagon N., Zago A., Russo F.P., Abbas N., Trivedi P., Thorburn D., Saffioti F., Barkai L., Roccarina D., Calvaruso V., Fichera A., Delamarre A., Medina-Morales E., Bonder A., Patwardhan V., Rigamonti C., Carbone M., Invernizzi P., Cristoferi L., van der Meer A., de Veer R., Zigmond E., Yehezkel E., Kremer A.E., Deibel A., Dumortier J., Bruns T., Große K., Pageaux G.P., Wetten A., Dyson J., Jones D., Chazouillères O., Hansen B., de Lédinghen V.

JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2022 June; 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.06.017

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Journal of Hepatology. 2022 June;

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Journal of Hepatology. 2022 June;

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Journal of Hepatology. 2022 June;

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Bergquist A., Weismüller T.J., Levy C., Rupp C., Joshi D., Nayagam J.S., Montano-Loza A.J., Lytvyak E., Wunsch E., Milkiewicz P., Zenouzi R., Schramm C., Cazzagon N., Floreani A., Liby I.F., Wiestler M., Wedemeyer H., Zhou T., Strassburg C.P., Rigopoulou E., Dalekos G., Narasimman M., Verhelst X., Degroote H., Vesterhus M., Kremer A.E., Bündgens B., Rorsman F., Nilsson E., Jørgensen K.K., von Seth E., Cornillet Jeannin M., Nyhlin N., Martin H., Kechagias S., Wiencke K., Werner M., Beretta-Piccoli B.T., Marzioni M., Isoniemi H., Arola J., Wefer A., Söderling J., Färkkilä M., Lenzen H.

LIVER INTERNATIONAL. 2022 May; 10.1111/liv.15286

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Efe C., Kulkarni A.V., Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli B., Magro B., Friedrich Stättermayer A., Cengiz M., Clayton-Chubb D., Lammert C., Bernsmeier C., Gül Ö., la Tijera F.H.d., Anders M., Lytvyak E., Akin M., Purnak T., Liberal R., Peralta M., Ebik B., Duman S., Demir N., Balaban Y., Urzua Á., Contreras F., Venturelli M.G., Bilgiç Y., Medina A., Girala M., Günsar F., Londoño M.C., Androutsakos T., Kisch A., Yurci A., Güzelbult F., Çagin Y.F., Avci E., Güzelbulut M., Dindar-Demiray E.K., Harputluoglu M., Kumar R., Satapathy S.K., Mendizabal M., Silva M., Fagiuoli S., Roberts S.K., Soylu N.K., Idilman R., Yoshida E.M., Montano-Loza A.J., Dalekos G.N., Ridruejo E., Schiano T.D., Wahlin S.

HEPATOLOGY. 2022 May; 10.1002/hep.32572

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Ha N.B., Montano-Loza A.J., Carey E.J., Lin S., Shui A.M., Huang C.Y., Dunn M.A., Lai J.C.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION. 2022 May; 22 (9):2195-2202 10.1111/ajt.17079

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Pape S., Snijders R.J.A.L.M., Gevers T.J.G., Chazouillères O., Dalekos G., Hirschfield G.M., Lenzi M., Trauner M., Manns M.P., Vierling J.M., Montano-Loza A.J., Lohse A., Schramm C., Drenth J.P.H., Heneghan M., Almasio P., Alvarez F., Andrade R., Arikan C., Assis D., Bardou-Jacquet E., Biewenga M., Cancado E., Cazzagon N., Chazouillères O., Colloredo G., Cuarterolo M., Dalekos G., Debray D., Robles-Díaz M., Drenth J., Dyson J., Efe C., Engel B., Ferri S., Fontana R., Gatselis N., Gerussi A., Halilbasic E., Halliday N., Heneghan M., Hirschfield G., van Hoek B., Hørby Jørgensen M., Indolfini G., Iorio R., Jeong S., Jones D., Kelly D., Kerkar N., Lacaille F., Lammert C., Leggett B., Lenzi M., Levy C., Liberal R., Lleo A., Lohse A., Ines Lopez S., de Martin E., McLin V., Mieli-Vergani G., Milkiewicz P., Mohan N., Muratori L., Nebbia G., van Nieuwkerk C., Oo Y., Ortega A., Páres A., Pop T., Pratt D., Purnak T., Ranucci G., Rushbrook S., Schramm C., Stättermayer A., Swain M., Tanaka A., Taubert R., Terrabuio D., Terziroli B., Trauner M., Valentino P., van den Brand F., Villamil A., Wahlin S., Ytting H., Zachou K., Zeniya M.

JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. 2022 April; 76 (4):841-849 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.12.041

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Ebadi M., Tsien C., Bhanji R.A., Dunichand-Hoedl A.R., Rider E., Motamedrad M., Mazurak V.C., Baracos V., Montano-Loza A.J.

Cells. 2022 April; 11 (8) 10.3390/cells11081345

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Velarde-Ruiz Velasco J.A., García-Jiménez E.S., Aldana-Ledesma J.M., Tapia-Calderón D.K., Tornel-Avelar A.I., Lazcano-Becerra M., Chávez-Ramírez R.M., Cano-Contreras A.D., Remes-Troche J.M., Colunga-Lozano L.E., Montaño-Loza A.

Revista de Gastroenterologia de Mexico. 2022 April; 87 (2):198-215 10.1016/j.rgmx.2021.11.002

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Ebadi M., Tsien C., Bhanji R.A., Dunichand-Hoedl A.R., Rider E., Motamedrad M., Mazurak V.C., Baracos V., Montano-Loza A.J.

Cells. 2022 April; 11 (7) 10.3390/cells11071216

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Efe C., Lammert C., Tasçilar K., Dhanasekaran R., Ebik B., Higuera-de la Tijera F., Caliskan A.R., Peralta M., Gerussi A., Massoumi H., Catana A.M., Purnak T., Rigamonti C., Aldana A.J.G., Khakoo N., Nazal L., Frager S., Demir N., Irak K., Melekoglu-Ellik Z., Kacmaz H., Balaban Y., Atay K., Eren F., Alvares-da-Silva M.R., Cristoferi L., Urzua Á., Eskazan T., Magro B., Snijders R., Barutçu S., Lytvyak E., Zazueta G.M., Demirezer-Bolat A., Aydin M., Heurgue-Berlot A., De Martin E., Ekin N., Yildirim S., Yavuz A., Biyik M., Narro G.C., Kiyici M., Akyildiz M., Kahramanoglu-Aksoy E., Vincent M., Carr R.M., Günsar F., Reyes E.C., Harputluoglu M., Aloman C., Gatselis N.K., Üstündag Y., Brahm J., Vargas N.C.E., Güzelbulut F., Garcia S.R., Aguirre J., Anders M., Ratusnu N., Hatemi I., Mendizabal M., Floreani A., Fagiuoli S., Silva M., Idilman R., Satapathy S.K., Silveira M., Drenth J.P.H., Dalekos G.N., N.Assis D., Björnsson E., Boyer J.L., Yoshida E.M., Invernizzi P., Levy C., Montano-Loza A.J., Schiano T.D., Ridruejo E., Wahlin S.

LIVER INTERNATIONAL. 2022 March; 42 (3):607-614 10.1111/liv.15121

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Madill-Thomsen K.S., Abouljoud M., Bhati C., Ciszek M., Durlik M., Feng S., Foroncewicz B., Francis I., Grat M., Jurczyk K., Klintmalm G., Krasnodebski M., McCaughan G., Miquel R., Montano-Loza A., Moonka D., Mucha K., Myslak M., Paczek L., Perkowska-Ptasinska A., Piecha G., Reichman T., Sanchez-Fueyo A., Tronina O., Wawrzynowicz-Syczewska M., Wiecek A., Zieniewicz K., Halloran P.F.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION. 2022 March; 22 (3):909-926 10.1111/ajt.16890

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David W. Victor III, Alberto Zanetto, Aldo J. Montano-Loza, Julie K. Heimbach, Jennifer Towey, Michael Spiro, Dimitri Aristotle Raptis, Patrizia Burra

CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION. 2022 March; 18;e14647. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14647. (18;e14647. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14647.) 10.1111/ctr.14647

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Singh N., Ma M., Montano-Loza A.J., Bhanji R.A.

World J Hepatol. 2022 February; 14 (2):456-463 10.4254/wjh.v14.i2.456

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Peerani F., Du L., Lytvyak E., Bain V.G., Mason A.L., Bailey R.J., Montano-Loza A.J.

Canadian Liver Journal. 2022 February; 5 (1):31-42 10.3138/canlivj-2021-0023

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Ebadi M., Ip S., Lytvyak E., Asghari S., Rider E., Mason A., Montano-Loza A.J.

Nutrients. 2022 February; 14 (4) 10.3390/nu14040878

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Montaño-Loza A.J.

Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English). 2022 January; 87 (1):1-3 10.1016/j.rgmxen.2021.10.004

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Bhanji R.A., Chow J., Ma M., Pannu N., Bain V.G., Kneteman N., Montano-Loza A.J.

Transplant International. 2021 December; 34 (12):2824-2833 10.1111/tri.14154

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Efe C., Lammert C., Tasçilar K., Dhanasekaran R., Ebik B., Higuera-de la Tijera F., Caliskan A.R., Peralta M., Gerussi A., Massoumi H., Catana A.M., Purnak T., Rigamonti C., Aldana A.J.G., Khakoo N., Nazal L., Frager S., Demir N., Irak K., Melekoglu-Ellik Z., Kacmaz H., Balaban Y., Atay K., Eren F., Alvares-da-Silva M.R., Cristoferi L., Urzua Á., Eskazan T., Magro B., Snijders R., Barutçu S., Lytvyak E., Zazueta G.M., Demirezer-Bolat A., Aydin M., Heurgue-Berlot A., De Martin E., Ekin N., Yildirim S., Yavuz A., Biyik M., Narro G.C., Kiyici M., Akyildiz M., Kahramanoglu-Aksoy E., Vincent M., Carr R.M., Günsar F., Reyes E.C., Harputluoglu M., Aloman C., Gatselis N.K., Üstündag Y., Brahm J., Vargas N.C.E., Güzelbulut F., Garcia S.R., Aguirre J., Anders M., Ratusnu N., Hatemi I., Mendizabal M., Floreani A., Fagiuoli S., Silva M., Idilman R., Satapathy S.K., Silveira M., Drenth J.P.H., Dalekos G.N., N.Assis D., Björnsson E., Boyer J.L., Yoshida E.M., Invernizzi P., Levy C., Montano-Loza A.J., Schiano T.D., Ridruejo E., Wahlin S.

Liver International. 2021 November; 10.1111/liv.15121

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Madill-Thomsen K.S., Abouljoud M., Bhati C., Ciszek M., Durlik M., Feng S., Foroncewicz B., Francis I., Grat M., Jurczyk K., Klintmalm G., Krasnodebski M., McCaughan G., Miquel R., Montano-Loza A., Moonka D., Mucha K., Myslak M., Paczek L., Perkowska-Ptasinska A., Piecha G., Reichman T., Sanchez-Fueyo A., Tronina O., Wawrzynowicz-Syczewska M., Wiecek A., Zieniewicz K., Halloran P.F.

American Journal of Transplantation. 2021 November; 10.1111/ajt.16890

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Montaño-Loza A.J.

Revista de Gastroenterologia de Mexico. 2021 November; S2255 (21):534X 10.1016/j.rgmx.2021.04.004

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Hepatology. 2021 November;

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Hepatology. 2021 November;

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Montano-Loza A.J., Allegretti J.R., Cheung A., Ebadi M., Jones D., Kerkar N., Levy C., Rizvi S., Vierling J.M., Alvarez F., Bai W., Gilmour S., Gulamhusein A., Guttman O., Hansen B.E., Macparland S., Mason A., Onofrio F., Santamaria P., Stueck A., Swain M., Vincent C., Ricciuto A., Hirschfield G.

Canadian Liver Journal. 2021 November; 4 (4):401-425 10.3138/CANLIVJ-2021-0006

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Hepatology. 2021 November;

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Hepatology. 2021 November;

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Hepatology. 2021 November;

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Hepatology. 2021 November;

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Montano-Loza A.J., Corpechot C.

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2021 November; 19 (11):2241-2251.e1 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.06.062

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Wang S., Dong V., Montano-Loza A.J., Mason A.L.

Hepatoma Research. 2021 November; 7 (2):824-827 10.20517/2394-5079.2020.163

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Hepatology. 2021 November;

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Hepatology. 2021 November;

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Dang T.N.T., Ebadi M., Abraldes J.G., Holman J., Ashmead J., Montano-Loza A.J., Tandon P.

Liver Transplantation. 2021 October; 27 (10):1490-1492 10.1002/lt.26087

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Transplantation. 2021 September;

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Farhad Peerani, Lillian Du, Ellina Lytvyak, Vincent G. Bain, Andrew L. Mason, Robert J. Bailey, Aldo J. Montano-Loza.

Canadian Liver Journal . 2021 September; Pending

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Transplantation. 2021 September;

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Ebadi M., Ip S., Bhanji R.A., Montano-Loza A.J.

Nutrients. 2021 September; 13 (9) 10.3390/nu13093042

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Tandon P., Montano-Loza A.J., Lai J.C., Dasarathy S., Merli M.

Journal of Hepatology. 2021 July; 75 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.01.025

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Wang S., Dong V., Montano-Loza A.J., Mason A.L.

Hepatoma Research. 2021 June; 7 10.20517/2394-5079.2020.163

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Transplantation. 2021 June; 0041-1337

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Aldo J. Montano-Loza, Jessica R Allegretti, Angela Cheung, Maryam Ebadi, David Jones, Nanda Kerkar, Cynthia Levy, Sumera Rizvi, John M Vierling, Fernando Alvarez, Wayne Bai, Susan Gilmour, Aliya Gulamhusein, Orlee Guttman, Bettina E Hansen, Sonya MacParland, Andrew Mason, Fernanda Onofrio, Pere Santamaria, Ashley Stueck, Mark Swain, Catherine Vincent, Amanda Ricciuto, Gideon Hirschfield.

Canadian Liver Journal. 2021 June; 10.3138/canlivj-2021-0006

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Transplantation. 2021 June; 0041-1337

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Efe C., Torgutalp M., Henriksson I., Alalkim F., Lytvyak E., Trivedi H., Eren F., Fischer J., Chayanupatkul M., Coppo C., Purnak T., Muratori L., Werner M., Muratori P., Rorsman F., Onnerhag K., Nilsson E., Heurgué-Berlot A., Demir N., Semela D., Kiyici M., Schiano T.D., Montano-Loza A.J., Berg T., Ozaslan E., Yoshida E.M., Bonder A., Marschall H.U., Beretta-Piccoli B.T., Wahlin S.

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2021 April; 36 (4):936-942 10.1111/jgh.15214

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Dang TT, Ebadi M, Abraldes JG, Holman J, Ashmead J, Montano-Loza AJ, Tandon P.

Liver Transplantation. 2021 April; 10.1002/lt.26087

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Journal of Hepatology. 2021 April; 0168-8278

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Journal of Hepatology. 2021 April; 0168-8278

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Journal of Hepatology. 2021 April; 10.1016/S0168-8278(21)0842-0

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Journal of Hepatology. 2021 April; 0168-8278

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Efe C., Torgutalp M., Henriksson I., Alalkim F., Lytvyak E., Trivedi H., Eren F., Fischer J., Chayanupatkul M., Coppo C., Purnak T., Muratori L., Werner M., Muratori P., Rorsman F., Onnerhag K., Nilsson E., Heurgué-Berlot A., Demir N., Semela D., Kiyici M., Schiano T.D., Montano-Loza A.J., Berg T., Ozaslan E., Yoshida E.M., Bonder A., Marschall H.U., Beretta-Piccoli B.T., Wahlin S.

J Gastro Hepatol. 2021 April; 36 (4):936-942 10.1111/jgh.15214

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Journal of Hepatology. 2021 April; 0168-8278

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Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 2021 March; 10.1093/jcag/gwab002.205

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Eksteen B., Bowlus C.L., Montano-Loza A.J., Lefebvre E., Fischer L., Vig P., Martins E.B., Ahmad J., Yimam K.K., Pockros P.J., Feld J.J., Minuk G., Levy C.

Hepatology Communications. 2021 March; 5 (3):478-490 10.1002/hep4.1619

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Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. 2021 March; 10.1093/jcag/gwab002.215.

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Moctezuma-Velazquez C., Montano-Loza A.J., Meza-Junco J., Burak K., Ma M., Bain V.G., Kneteman N., Sarlieve P., Owen R.J.

Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 2021 March; 66 (3):899-911 10.1007/s10620-020-06245-y

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Wang S., Dong V., Montano-Loza A.J., Mason A.L.

Hepatomo Research. 2021 January; 7 10.20517/2394-5079.2020.163

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Montano-Loza A.J., Corpechot C.

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2021 January; 20 (S):S1542-3565 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.06.062

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Eksteen B, Bowlus CL, Montano-Loza AJ, Lefebvre E, Fischer L, Vig P, Martins EB, Ahmad J, Yimam KK, Pockros PJ, Feld JJ, Minuk G, Levy C.

Hepatology Communications . 2020 December; 22 (5):478-490 10.1002/hep4.1619

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Hepatology. 2020 November; 0270-9139

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Hepatology. 2020 November; 0270-9139

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Hepatology. 2020 November; 0270-9139

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Hepatology. 2020 November; 0270-9139

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Ebadi M., Bhanji R.A., Dunichand-Hoedl A.R., Mazurak V.C., Baracos V.E., Montano-Loza A.J.

Nutrients. 2020 November; 12 (11):1-12 10.3390/nu12113463