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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2005; 11(5): 695-699
Published online Feb 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i5.695
Enhanced production of leptin in gastric fundic mucosa with Helicobacter pylori infection
Yoshito Nishi, Hajime Isomoto, Shigeo Uotani, Chun Yang Wen, Saburo Shikuwa, Ken Ohnita, Yohei Mizuta, Akio Kawaguchi, Kenichiro Inoue, Shigeru Kohno
Yoshito Nishi, Hajime Isomoto, Ken Ohnita, Yohei Mizuta, Shigeru Kohno, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto 1-7-1, Nagasaki, Japan
Shigeo Uotani, First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto 1-7-1, Nagasaki, Japan
Chun Yang Wen, Department of Molecular Pathology, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto 1-12-4, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
Chun Yang Wen, Department of Digestive Disease, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China
Saburo Shikuwa, Department of Endoscopy, National Nagasaki Medical Center, 1001-1 Kubara, Omura, Japan
Akio Kawaguchi, Kenichiro Inoue, Shunkaikai Inoue Hospital, Takaramachi 8-9, Nagasaki, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dr. Hajime Isomoto, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan. hajimei2002@yahoo.co.jp
Telephone: +81-95-849-7281 Fax: +81-95-849-7285
Received: June 19, 2004
Revised: June 22, 2004
Accepted: July 27, 2004
Published online: February 7, 2005
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