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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2008; 14(41): 6376-6381
Published online Nov 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6376
Expression of cell adhesion molecule CD44 in gastric adenocarcinoma and its prognostic importance
Kamran Ghaffarzadehgan, Mostafa Jafarzadeh, Hamid Reza Raziee, Hamid Reza Sima, Ehsan Esmaili-Shandiz, Hanieh Hosseinnezhad, Ali Taghizadeh-Kermani, Omeed Moaven, Maryam Bahrani
Kamran Ghaffarzadehgan, Department of Pathology, Mashhad University Cancer Research Center, Omid Oncology Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Mostafa Jafarzadeh, Ehsan Esmaili-Shandiz, Hanieh Hosseinnezhad, Omeed Moaven, Maryam Bahrani, Gastric Cancer Research Group, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Hamid Reza Raziee, Ali Taghizadeh Kermani, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mashhad University Cancer Research Center, Omid Oncology Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Hamid Reza Sima, Department of Internal Medicine, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Department of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, United States
Hanieh Hosseinnezhad, Young Researchers’ Club, Medical School of Islamic Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Author contributions: Sima HR, Ghaffarzadehgan K, Raziee HR, Esmaili-Shandiz E and Jafarzadeh M designed the research; Ghaffarzadehgan K, Sima HR, Raziee HR, Hosseinnezhad H, Taghizadeh-Kermani A and Moaven O performed the research; Raziee HR, Bahrani M, and Jafarzadeh M analyzed the data; Jafarzadeh M, Raziee HR and Hosseinnezhad H organized the figures and patient data; Esmaili-Shandiz E, Hosseinnezhad H, Moaven O helped organize the paper; Ghaffarzadehgan K, Jafarzadeh M, Raziee HR and Sima HR wrote and corrected the paper.
Supported by A research grant offered by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, No. 85017
Correspondence to: Mostafa Jafarzadeh, MD, Gastric Cancer Research Group, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 51, Jami Street, Sajad Blvd, PO Box 91865-335, Mashhad, Iran. mostafa.jafarzadeh@gmail.com
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Received: July 17, 2008
Revised: September 16, 2008
Accepted: September 23, 2008
Published online: November 7, 2008
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