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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2012; 18(47): 6974-6980
Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6974
Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6974
Diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis using a monoclonal antibody to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Yasushi Ihama, Akira Hokama, Kenji Hibiya, Kazuto Kishimoto, Tetsuo Hirata, Haley L Cash, Futoshi Higa, Masao Tateyama, Jiro Fujita, Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
Manabu Nakamoto, Nagisa Kinjo, Fukunori Kinjo, Department of Endoscopy, Ryukyu University Hospital, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
Author contributions: Ihama Y designed and performed the research, analyzed data, and wrote the manuscript; Hibiya K contributed to the experimental concept and provided technical support; Ihama Y, Hokama A, Kishimoto K, Nakamoto M, Hirata T, Kinjo N and Kinjo F contributed to the clinical study; Hokama A and Cash HL reviewed the manuscript; Hokama A, Higa F, Tateyama M, Kinjo F and Fujita J established the research plan and supervised the project; all authors read and approved the data and the final version of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Akira Hokama, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan. hokama-a@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
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Received: April 19, 2012
Revised: July 19, 2012
Accepted: July 28, 2012
Published online: December 21, 2012
Revised: July 19, 2012
Accepted: July 28, 2012
Published online: December 21, 2012
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