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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 21, 2009; 15(7): 853-859
Published online Feb 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.853
Published online Feb 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.853
Serum biomarker tests are useful in delineating between patients with gastric atrophy and normal, healthy stomach
Katsunori Iijima, Yasuhiko Abe, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Tomoyuki Koike, Shuichi Ohara, Tooru Shimosegawa, Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
Pentti Sipponen, Department of Pathology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo 02740, Finland
Author contributions: Shimosegawa T and Sipponen P contributed to the analysis of the results and writing the paper. Iijima K, Abe Y, Kikuchi R, Koike T and Ohara S carried out the study and also contributed to the analysis of the results and writing the paper.
Correspondence to: Katsunori Iijima, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aobaku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan. jiijima@int3.med.tohoku.ac.jp
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Received: September 9, 2008
Revised: October 23, 2008
Accepted: October 30, 2008
Published online: February 21, 2009
Revised: October 23, 2008
Accepted: October 30, 2008
Published online: February 21, 2009
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