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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2005; 11(42): 6689-6693
Published online Nov 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i42.6689
Preoperative sorting of circulating T lymphocytes in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Its prognostic significance
Tadahiro Nozoe, Yoshihiko Maehara, Keizo Sugimachi
Tadahiro Nozoe, Department of Surgery, Fukuoka Higashi Medical Center, Koga, Japan
Yoshihiko Maehara, Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Keizo Sugimachi, Kyushu Central Hospital
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Tadahiro Nozoe, Department of Surgery, Fukuoka Higashi Medical Center, 1-1-1, Chidori, Koga 811-3195, Japan. ntvb@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
Telephone: Fax: +81-92-943-8775
Received: April 7, 2004
Revised: February 12, 2005
Accepted: February 15, 2005
Published online: November 14, 2005
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