Copyright
©2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng. All rights reserved.
World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2009; 15(34): 4284-4289
Published online Sep 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4284
Published online Sep 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4284
Effect of early propranolol administration on portal hypertensive gastropathy in cirrhotic rats
Savas Rafailidis, Charalampos Demertzidis, Konstantinos Ballas, Michail Alatsakis, Nikolaos Symeonidis, Theodoros Pavlidis, Kyriakos Psarras, Athanassios Sakadamis, 2nd Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, 54630 Thessaloniki, Greece
Valentini Tzioufa-Asimakopoulou, Department of Pathology, Aristotles University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, 54630 Thessaloniki, Greece
Author contributions: Rafailidis S, Demertzidis C and Alatsakis M contributed equally to this work; Ballas K, Demertzidis C and Alatsakis M designed the study; Rafailidis S, Demertzidis C, Alatsakis M, Symeonidis N, Psarras K performed the experimental studies; Ballas K, Pavlidis T, Rafailidis S analyzed the data; Tzioufa-Asimakopoulou V performed the pathological analysis; Sakadamis A supervised the whole experimental study; Rafailidis S wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. Savas Rafailidis, 2nd Propedeutical Department of Surgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Buiding A, 5th Floor, Konstantinoupoleos 49, 54630 Thessaloniki, Greece. svrafail@otenet.gr
Telephone: +30-2310-992933 Fax: +30-2310-992932
Received: May 28, 2009
Revised: August 12, 2009
Accepted: August 19, 2009
Published online: September 14, 2009
Revised: August 12, 2009
Accepted: August 19, 2009
Published online: September 14, 2009
Core Tip