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Importance of gastrin in the pathogenesis and treatment of gastric tumors
Michael D Burkitt, D Mark Pritchard, Gastroenterology Unit, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Ashton Street, Liverpool, L69 3GE, United Kingdom
Andrea Varro, The Physiological Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 3BX, United Kingdom
Author contributions: The review was commissioned from Pritchard DM, who developed the initial plan for the article; Burkitt MD performed the literature search and wrote the first draft of the manuscript; Varro A and Pritchard DM edited subsequent versions of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: D Mark Pritchard, Gastroenterology Unit, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Ashton Street, Liverpool, L69 3GE,United Kingdom. mark.pritchard@liv.ac.uk
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Received: October 21, 2008
Revised: November 28, 2008
Accepted: December 5, 2008
Published online: January 7, 2009
Revised: November 28, 2008
Accepted: December 5, 2008
Published online: January 7, 2009