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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2011; 17(39): 4349-4364
Published online Oct 21, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i39.4349
Published online Oct 21, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i39.4349
Cystic dystrophy of the duodenal wall is not always associated with chronic pancreatitis
Raffaele Pezzilli, Antonio Maria Morselli-Labate, Andrea Imbrogno, Dario Fabbri, Roberto Corinaldesi, Pancreas Unit, Department of Digestive Diseases and Internal Medicine, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Donatella Santini, Department of Pathology, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Lucia Calculli, Department of Radiology, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Riccardo Casadei, Giovanni Taffurelli, Claudio Ricci, Department of Surgery, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Author contributions: Pezzilli R, Santini D, Calculli L, Casadei R, Taffurelli G and Ricci C followed the patients clinically; Imbrogno A, Fabbri D and Morselli-Labate AM collected the literature data; Morselli-Labate AM and Pezzilli R analyzed the data and interpreted the results; Pezzilli R and Corinaldesi R co-ordinated and collected all the patient information; Pezzilli R designed the study and wrote the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Dr. Raffaele Pezzilli, Pancreas Unit, Department of Digestive Diseases and Internal Medicine, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy. raffaele.pezzilli@aosp.bo.it
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Received: February 18, 2011
Revised: March 31, 2011
Accepted: April 7, 2011
Published online: October 21, 2011
Revised: March 31, 2011
Accepted: April 7, 2011
Published online: October 21, 2011
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