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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2009; 15(45): 5662-5668
Published online Dec 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5662
Published online Dec 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5662
Intraluminal versus infiltrating gallbladder carcinoma: Clinical presentation, ultrasound and computed tomography
Tze-Yu Lee, Sheung-Fat Ko, Chung-Cheng Huang, Shu-Hang Ng, Jiun-Lung Liang, Department of Radiology, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung Hsien 833, Taiwan, China
Hsuan-Ying Huang, Department of Pathology, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung Hsien 833, Taiwan, China
Min-Chi Chen, Public Health and Biostatistics Consulting Center, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung Hsien 833, Taiwan, China
Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Kaohsiung Hsien 833, Taiwan, China
Shyr-Ming Sheen-Chen, Department of Surgery, Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital, Xiamen 361000, Fujian Province, China
Author contributions: Lee TY and Ko SF were the guarantors of integrity of the entire study; Lee TY, Ko SF and Huang HY provided the study concepts and design; Lee TY, Huang CC, Ng SH and Liang JL performed the literature research; Lee TY, Liang JL, Huang HY and Sheen-Chen SM performed the clinical and pathological studies and data acquisition; Lee TY, Ko SF and Chen MC performed the data and statistical analyses; Lee TY, Ko SF and Liang JL prepared the manuscript; Ko SF, Ng SH and Sheen-Chen SM provided the intellectual content and editing of the manuscript; All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Sheung-Fat Ko, MD, Department of Radiology, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital- Kaohsiung Medical Center, 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien 833, Taiwan, China. sfa.ko@msa.hinet.net
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Received: September 30, 2009
Revised: October 26, 2009
Accepted: November 3, 2009
Published online: December 7, 2009
Revised: October 26, 2009
Accepted: November 3, 2009
Published online: December 7, 2009
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