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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2006; 12(22): 3546-3552
Published online Jun 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i22.3546
Published online Jun 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i22.3546
Cholangiocytes and blood supply
Eugenio Gaudio, Antonio Franchitto, Luigi Pannarale, Guido Carpino, Department of Human Anatomy, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Domenico Alvaro, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Polo Pontino, Latina, Italy
Gianfranco Alpini, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, and Department of Medicine and Systems Biology and Translational Medicine, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, United States
Heather Francis, Division of Research and Education, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, United States
Shannon Glaser, Department of Medicine and Division of Research and Education, Scott & White Hospital and The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, United States
Domenico Alvaro, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy; University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Polo Pontino, Latina, Italy
Paolo Onori, Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human and Clinical Anatomy, State University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by MIUR grants PRIN 2005 (prot. 2005067975_001) to E. Gaudio and Biomedicina, Cluster C04, Progetto n. 5 to E.Gaudio-P.Onori; MIUR grants PRIN 2005 (prot.No: 2005067975_002) to D. Alvaro and a VA Research Scholar Award, a VA Merit Award and the NIH grants DK58411 and DK062975 to Gianfranco Alpini
Correspondence to: Eugenio Gaudio, MD, University of Rome, "La Sapienza", Department of Human Anatomy, Rome, Italy. eugenio.gaudio@uniroma1.it
Telephone: +39-06-49918055 Fax: +39-06-49918062
Received: February 7, 2006
Revised: February 15, 2006
Accepted: February 28, 2006
Published online: June 14, 2006
Revised: February 15, 2006
Accepted: February 28, 2006
Published online: June 14, 2006
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