Christoph F Dietrich, Yi Dong, Christian Jenssen, Valentina Ciaravino, Michael Hocke, Wen-Ping Wang, Eike Burmester, Kathleen Moeller, Nathan SS Atkinson, Paola Capelli, Mirko D’Onofrio
Christoph F Dietrich, Medizinische Klinik 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, 97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany
Christoph F Dietrich, Ultrasound Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China
Yi Dong, Wen-Ping Wang, Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Christian Jenssen, Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland Strausberg/Wriezen, 15344 Straussberg, Germany
Valentina Ciaravino, Department of Radiology, G.B Rossi University Hospital, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy
Michael Hocke, Department of Internal Medicine 2, Helios Hospital Meiningen GmbH, 98617 Meiningen, Germany
Eike Burmester, Department of Internal Medicine I, Sana Kliniken, 23560 Luebeck, Germany
Kathleen Moeller, Sana Klinikum Lichtenberg, 10365 Berlin, Germany
Nathan SS Atkinson, Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
Paola Capelli, Department of Pathology, G.B Rossi University Hospital, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
Mirko D’Onofrio, Department of Radiology, GB Rossi University Hospital, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
Author contributions: Dietrich CF is accepting full responsibility for the conduct of the study, he and all others had access to the data, all had control of the decision to publish; all authos planning the study, conducting the study, collecting and/or interpreting data, drafting the manuscript, and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content Statistical analysis; each author made a statement that they approved the final draft submitted.
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Correspondence to: Christoph F Dietrich, MD, PhD, MBA, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Medizinische Klinik 2, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Uhlandstr 7, 97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
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Received: March 5, 2017
Peer-review started: March 7, 2017
First decision: April 11, 2017
Revised: June 8, 2017
Accepted: July 22, 2017
Article in press: July 24, 2017
Published online: August 14, 2017
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