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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2009; 15(40): 5086-5090
Published online Oct 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5086
Published online Oct 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5086
Gastric leptomeningeal carcinomatosis: Multi-center retrospective analysis of 54 cases
Sung Yong Oh, Suee Lee, Sung-Hyun Kim, Hyuk-Chan Kwon, Hyo-Jin Kim, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Research Center for Cancer Molecular Therapy, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan 602-715, South Korea
Su-Jin Lee, Jeeyun Lee, Ho Yeong Lim, Young Suk Park, Won Ki Kang, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul 135-710, South Korea
Gyeong-Won Lee, Jung Hun Kang, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju 660-702, South Korea
In Gyu Hwang, Joung-Soon Jang, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 140-757, South Korea
Author contributions: Oh SY and Lee SJ carried out data analysis and wrote the manuscript; Kim SH, Kwon HC, Lee S, Lee GW, Hwang IG and Lim HY participated in data collection and drafted the manuscript; Lee J, Kang JH, Jang JS and Park YS carried out data collection and interpretation; Kang WK and Kim HJ designed the study protocol and participated in reviewing the manuscript.
Supported by The Dong-A University Research Fund and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST; R13-2002-044-05001-0)
Correspondence to: Hyo-Jin Kim, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, 3-1 Dongdaeshin-dong, Seo-gu, Busan 602-715, South Korea. kimhj@dau.ac.kr
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Received: July 13, 2009
Revised: September 18, 2009
Accepted: September 25, 2009
Published online: October 28, 2009
Revised: September 18, 2009
Accepted: September 25, 2009
Published online: October 28, 2009
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