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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2012; 18(26): 3409-3414
Published online Jul 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i26.3409
Published online Jul 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i26.3409
Importance of early diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary maljunction without biliary dilatation
Kensuke Takuma, Terumi Kamisawa, Taku Tabata, Seiichi Hara, Sawako Kuruma, Yoshihiko Inaba, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
Masanao Kurata, Goro Honda, Koji Tsuruta, Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
Shin-ichiro Horiguchi, Departments of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
Yoshinori Igarashi, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Omori Medical Center, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan
Author contributions: Takuma K and Kamisawa T contributed equally to this work, analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; Tabata T, Hara S, Kuruma S, Inaba Y, Kurata M, Honda G, Tsuruta K, Horiguchi S and Igarashi Y collected the data.
Correspondence to: Terumi Kamisawa, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan. kamisawa@cick.jp
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Received: September 13, 2011
Revised: December 29, 2011
Accepted: January 18, 2012
Published online: July 14, 2012
Revised: December 29, 2011
Accepted: January 18, 2012
Published online: July 14, 2012
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