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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2006; 12(22): 3537-3545
Published online Jun 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i22.3537
Estrogens and the pathophysiology of the biliary tree
Domenico Alvaro, Maria Grazia Mancino, Paolo Onori, Antonio Franchitto, Gianfranco Alpini, Heather Francis, Shannon Glaser, Eugenio Gaudio
Domenico Alvaro, Maria Grazia Mancino, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Domenico Alvaro, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Polo Pontino, Latina, Italy
Gianfranco Alpini, Shannon Glaser, Department of Medicine, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, TX 76504, United States
Gianfranco Alpini, Research, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, TX 76504, United States
Gianfranco Alpini, Systems Biology and Translational Medicine, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine, TX 76504, United States
Heather Francis, Shannon Glaser, Division of R&E, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, TX 76504, United States
Paolo Onori, Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human and Clinical Anatomy, State University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
Antonio Franchitto, Eugenio Gaudio, Department of Anatomy, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by MIUR grants PRIN, No.2003060498_002 and No. 2005067975_002 to Dr. Alvaro and by a grant award from Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, a VA Merit Award, a VA Research Scholar Award and the NIH grants DK58411 and DK062975 to Dr. Alpini
Correspondence to: Domenico Alvaro, MD, University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, via R. Rossellini 51, 00137 Rome, Italy. domenico.alvaro@uniroma1.it
Telephone: +39-06-49972023 Fax: +39-06-4453319
Received: January 25, 2006
Revised: February 14, 2006
Accepted: February 28, 2006
Published online: June 14, 2006
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