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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2008; 14(18): 2924-2927
Published online May 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2924
Published online May 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2924
An autopsy case of granulocyte-colony-stimulating-factor-producing extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma
Satoru Matsuyama, Tomonori Shimonishi, Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kenji Nasu, Kensuke Higaki, Department of Surgery, Takagi Hospital, 141-11, Sakemi, Ohkawa-City, Fukuoka 831-0016, Japan
Mariko Toyooka, Keiko Watanabe, Hajime Sugihara, Department of Pathology, Takagi Hospital, 141-11, Sakemi, Ohkawa-City, Fukuoka 831-0016, Japan
Shigehisa Aoki, Department of Pathology and Biodefence, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1, Nabeshima, Saga-City, Saga 849-8501, Japan
Author contributions: Matsuyama S, Shimonishi T, Yoshimura H, Higaki K and Nasu K treated the patient; Toyooka M, Watanabe K and Sugihara H performed cytological and pathological diagnosis, as well as autopsy, in cooperation with Aoki S.
Correspondence to: Dr. Satoru Matsuyama, Department of Surgery, Takagi Hospital, 141-11, Sakemi, Ohkawa-City, Fukuoka 831-0016, Japan. matsuyama@kouhoukai.org
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Received: November 6, 2007
Revised: March 16, 2008
Published online: May 14, 2008
Revised: March 16, 2008
Published online: May 14, 2008
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