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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2007; 13(33): 4473-4479
Published online Sep 7, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i33.4473
Expression of Angiopoietin-1, 2 and 4 and Tie-1 and 2 in gastrointestinal stromal tumor, leiomyoma and schwannoma
Toshiyuki Nakayama, Maki Inaba, Shinji Naito, Yumi Mihara, Shiro Miura, Mitsuru Taba, Ayumi Yoshizaki, Chun-Yang Wen, Ichiro Sekine
Toshiyuki Nakayama, Maki Inaba, Yumi Mihara, Shiro Miura, Mitsuru Taba, Ayumi Yoshizaki, Ichiro Sekine, Department of Tumor and Diagnostic Pathology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
Shinji Naito, Division of Pathology, Research Laboratory, National Ureshino Medical Center, Saga 843-0301, Japan
Chun-Yang Wen, Department of Digestive Disease, Affiliated hospital of Beihua University, Jilin 132011, Jilin Province, China
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Toshiyuki Nakayama, MD, Department of Tumor and Diagnostic Pathology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan. toshi-n@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
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Received: March 23, 2007
Revised: April 15, 2007
Accepted: April 18, 2007
Published online: September 7, 2007
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