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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2012; 18(12): 1385-1390
Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1385
Assessment of disease progression in patients with transfusion-associated chronic hepatitis C using transient elastography
Ryota Masuzaki, Ryosuke Tateishi, Haruhiko Yoshida, Toru Arano, Koji Uchino, Kenichiro Enooku, Eriko Goto, Hayato Nakagawa, Yoshinari Asaoka, Yuji Kondo, Tadashi Goto, Hitoshi Ikeda, Shuichiro Shiina, Masao Omata, Kazuhiko Koike
Ryota Masuzaki, Ryosuke Tateishi, Haruhiko Yoshida, Toru Arano, Koji Uchino, Kenichiro Enooku, Eriko Goto, Hayato Nakagawa, Yoshinari Asaoka, Yuji Kondo, Tadashi Goto, Shuichiro Shiina, Kazuhiko Koike, Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 1138655 Tokyo, Japan
Hitoshi Ikeda, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 1138655 Tokyo, Japan
Masao Omata, Yamanashi Prefectural Hospital Organization, 4008506 Yamanashi, Japan
Author contributions: Masuzaki R, Tateishi R and Yoshida H designed research; Masuzaki R, Arano T, Uchino K, Enooku K, Goto E, Nakagawa H, Asaoka Y, Kondo Y and Goto T collected data; Tateishi R and Yoshida H analyzed data; Masuzaki R and Yoshida H wrote the paper; Tateishi R, Ikeda H and Shiina S reviewed the paper; Omata M and Koike K supervised the entire project.
Correspondence to: Dr. Ryota Masuzaki, Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655 Tokyo, Japan. ryota-m@umin.net
Telephone: +81-3-38155411 Fax: +81-3-38140021
Received: May 12, 2011
Revised: August 1, 2011
Accepted: January 22, 2012
Published online: March 28, 2012
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