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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2013; 19(16): 2537-2542
Published online Apr 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i16.2537
Published online Apr 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i16.2537
ABO blood type, long-standing diabetes, and the risk of pancreatic cancer
Naoto Egawa, Taku Tabata, Sawako Kuruma, Seiichi Hara, Ken Kubota, Terumi Kamisawa, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
Naoto Egawa, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo 156-0057, Japan
Yingsong Lin, Department of Public Health, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
Author contributions: Egawa N designed the research; Egawa N and Lin Y analyzed the data and wrote the paper; Tabata T, Kuruma S, Hara S, Kubota K and Kamisawa T collected the data.
Correspondence to: Dr. Naoto Egawa, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, 2-1-1 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-0057, Japan. naoto_egawa@tmhp.jp
Telephone: +81-3-33037211 Fax: +81-3-33045331
Received: December 4, 2012
Revised: January 16, 2013
Accepted: January 23, 2013
Published online: April 28, 2013
Processing time: 148 Days and 13.2 Hours
Revised: January 16, 2013
Accepted: January 23, 2013
Published online: April 28, 2013
Processing time: 148 Days and 13.2 Hours
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