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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2008; 14(13): 2089-2093
Published online Apr 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2089
Published online Apr 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2089
Predictive factors for early aspiration in liver abscess
Rustam Khan, Saeed Hamid, Shahab Abid, Wasim Jafri, Zaigham Abbas, Mohammed Islam, Shaalan Beg, Hasnain Shan, Section of Gastroenterology Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Author contributions: Khan R collected and entered the data on SPSS software, did literature searches and wrote manuscript drafts; Hamid S coordinated data interpretation, drafted and wrote the manuscript; Abid S conceived the idea, designed the study, helped in drafting and writing the manuscript; Jafri W helped in data interpretation, general support, drafting and manuscript writing; Abbas Z helped in data interpretation and manuscript writing; Islam M Performed the statistical analysis; Shan H helped in drafting and manuscript writing; Beg S helped in data collection and manuscript writing.
Correspondence to: Dr. Saeed Hamid, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPI, FACP, FACG, Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan. khan.rustam@aku.edu
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Received: September 27, 2007
Revised: December 8, 2007
Published online: April 7, 2008
Revised: December 8, 2007
Published online: April 7, 2008
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