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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2008; 14(33): 5105-5109
Published online Sep 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5105
Published online Sep 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5105
Recurrence of cholestatic liver disease after living donor liver transplantation
Sumihito Tamura, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Junichi Kaneko, Junichi Togashi, Yuichi Matsui, Noriyo Yamashiki, Norihiro Kokudo, Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
Masatoshi Makuuchi, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, 4-1-22 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8935, Japan
Author contributions: Tamura S and Sugawara Y designed the study and wrote the paper; Kaneko J, Togashi J, Matsui Y, Yamashiki N and Kokudo N performed the study; Makuuchi M supervised the project.
Supported by A Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan and Grants-in-aid for Research on HIV/AIDS and Research on Measures for Intractable Diseases from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan, No. B18390341
Correspondence to: Yasuhiko Sugawara, MD, Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. yasusuga-tky@umin.ac.jp
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Received: January 30, 2008
Revised: July 25, 2008
Accepted: August 1, 2008
Published online: September 7, 2008
Revised: July 25, 2008
Accepted: August 1, 2008
Published online: September 7, 2008
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