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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2010; 16(4): 484-489
Published online Jan 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i4.484
Shape of Barrett’s epithelium is associated with prevalence of erosive esophagitis
Tomoyuki Akiyama, Masahiko Inamori, Hiroshi Iida, Hiroki Endo, Kunihiro Hosono, Yasunari Sakamoto, Koji Fujita, Masato Yoneda, Hirokazu Takahashi, Tomoko Koide, Chikako Tokoro, Ayumu Goto, Yasunobu Abe, Takeshi Shimamura, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Kensuke Kubota, Satoru Saito, Atsushi Nakajima
Tomoyuki Akiyama, Masahiko Inamori, Hiroshi Iida, Hiroki Endo, Kunihiro Hosono, Yasunari Sakamoto, Koji Fujita, Masato Yoneda, Hirokazu Takahashi, Tomoko Koide, Chikako Tokoro, Ayumu Goto, Yasunobu Abe, Takeshi Shimamura, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Kensuke Kubota, Satoru Saito, Atsushi Nakajima, Gastroenterology Division, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
Author contributions: Akiyama T, Inamori M, Iida H, Endo H, Hosono K and Sakamoto Y designed the research; Akiyama T, Inamori M, Fujita K, Yoneda M, Takahashi H, Koide T and Tokoro C performed the research; Akiyama T, Inamori M, Goto A, Abe Y, Shimamura T, Kobayashi N and Kubota K analyzed the data; Akiyama T, Inamori M, Saito S and Nakajima A wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Masahiko Inamori, MD, PhD, Gastroenterology Division, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan. inamorim@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp
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Received: October 13, 2009
Revised: November 25, 2009
Accepted: December 2, 2009
Published online: January 28, 2010
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