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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 21, 2013; 19(7): 1079-1084
Published online Feb 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i7.1079
Papillary thyroid cancer and inflammatory bowel disease: Is there a relationship?
Irene S Sonu, Wojciech Blonski, Ming Valerie Lin, James Lewis, Faten Aberra, Gary R Lichtenstein
Irene S Sonu, Division of Internal Medicine, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
Wojciech Blonski, Division of Internal Medicine, UHS Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY 13790, United States
Ming Valerie Lin, Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States
James Lewis, Faten Aberra, Gary R Lichtenstein, Division of Gastroenterology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19103, United States
Author contributions: Sonu IS was responsible for the study concept and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data and drafting of the manuscript; Blonski W was responsible for the study concept and design, drafting of the manuscript, and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; Lin MV was responsible for the study concept and design and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; Lewis J and Aberra F were responsible for study concept and design, statistical analysis, and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; Lichtenstein GR was responsible for the study concept and design, critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content, study supervision, and guarantor of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Gary R Lichtenstein, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 9th Floor Penn Tower, One Convention Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19103, United States. grl@uphs.upenn.edu
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Received: July 1, 2012
Revised: September 28, 2012
Accepted: October 22, 2012
Published online: February 21, 2013
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