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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2009; 15(12): 1420-1426
Published online Mar 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1420
Individually administered or co-prescribed thiopurines and mesalamines for inflammatory bowel disease
Giovanni C Actis, Rinaldo Pellicano, Mario Rizzetto, Muhammad Ayoubi, Nicola Leone, Gianfranco Tappero, Paola Pazienza, Floriano Rosina
Giovanni C Actis, Muhammad Ayoubi, Nicola Leone, Gianfranco Tappero, Paola Pazienza, Floriano Rosina, Division of Gastro-Hepatology, Ospedale Gradenigo, Torino 10153, Italy
Rinaldo Pellicano, Mario Rizzetto, Division of Gastroenterology, Ospedale Molinette, Torino 10153, Italy
Author contributions: Actis GC identified the topics, and structured and drafted the text; Pellicano R chose and double-checked the references; Ayoubi M, Leone N and Tappero G were the clinicians in charge and supervised download of data; Pazienza P checked the accuracy of the basic science paragraphs; Rizzetto M and Rosina F were the chiefs of department, and read and approved the text.
Correspondence to: Giovanni C Actis, Division of Gastro-Hepatology, Ospedale Gradenigo, Corso Regina 10, Torino 10153, Italy. actis_g@libero.it
Telephone: +39-11-8151462
Received: December 11, 2008
Revised: February 9, 2009
Accepted: February 16, 2009
Published online: March 28, 2009
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