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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2011; 17(10): 1343-1353
Published online Mar 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i10.1343
Published online Mar 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i10.1343
Biochemically curative surgery for gastrinoma in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 patients
Masayuki Imamura, Masaaki Awane, Naoya Inoue, Department of Surgery, Kansa Electric Power Company Hospital, Osaka, 5530003, Japan
Izumi Komoto, Shuichi Ota, Takuya Hiratsuka, Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Saiseikai Noe Hospital, Osaka, 5360002, Japan
Shinji Kosugi, Medical Gene Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 6068507, Japan
Ryuichiro Doi, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 6068507, Japan
Author contributions: Imamura M (chief surgeon), Komoto I, Ota S, Doi R, Awane M and Inoue N performed surgery for gastrinomas and duodenopancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in MEN 1 patients; Hiratsuka T performed pathological research on the resected pancreatoduodenal neuroendocrine tumors; Kosugi S performed genetic analysis of the patients with MEN 1.
Supported by a Health and Labor Sciences Research Grant from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Government of Japan (Grant No. H21-Nanchi-Ippan-037)
Correspondence to: Masayuki Imamura, MD, FACS, Scientific Advisor, Department of Surgery, Kansa Electric Power Company Hospital, 2-1-7, Fukushima, Fukushima-Ku, Osaka 5530003, Japan. imamura.masayuki@c4.kepco.co.jp
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Received: August 17, 2010
Revised: November 3, 2010
Accepted: November 10, 2010
Published online: March 14, 2011
Revised: November 3, 2010
Accepted: November 10, 2010
Published online: March 14, 2011
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