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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2012; 18(33): 4557-4562
Published online Sep 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i33.4557
Published online Sep 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i33.4557
Characteristics of intestinal pseudo-obstruction in patients with mitochondrial diseases
Yusuke Sekino, Masahiko Inamori, Eiji Yamada, Hidenori Ohkubo, Eiji Sakai, Takuma Higurashi, Hiroshi Iida, Kunihiro Hosono, Hiroki Endo, Takashi Nonaka, Hirokazu Takahashi, Tomoko Koide, Yasunobu Abe, Shin Maeda, Atsushi Nakajima, Gastroenterology Division, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
Eiji Gotoh, Department of Medical Education, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
Shigeru Koyano, Yoshiyuki Kuroiwa, Department of Neurology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan
Author contributions: Sekino Y, Inamori M, Iida H, Nonaka T and Nakajima A performed the majority of clinical and treatment data collection; Takahashi H, Koide T, Abe Y, Gotoh E, Kuroiwa Y and Maeda S were involved in the editing of the manuscript; Yamada E, Ohkubo H, Sakai E, Higurashi T, Hosono K and Endo H analyzed the clinical data and participated in the design and coordination of the study; Sekino Y, Inamori M, Iida H, Nonaka T, Koyano S and Nakajima A designed the study and wrote the manuscript.
Supported by Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants for Research on Intractable Diseases, awarded to Nakajima A, from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
Correspondence to: Dr. Masahiko Inamori, Gastroenterology Division, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan. inamorim@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp
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Received: December 30, 2011
Revised: March 9, 2012
Accepted: March 20, 2012
Published online: September 7, 2012
Revised: March 9, 2012
Accepted: March 20, 2012
Published online: September 7, 2012
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