Potential model for differential diagnosis between Crohn's disease and primary intestinal lymphoma
Tian-Yu Zhang, Yun Lin, Rong Fan, Shu-Rong Hu, Meng-Meng Cheng, Mao-Chen Zhang, Li-Wen Hong, Xiao-Lin Zhou, Zheng-Ting Wang, Jie Zhong
Tian-Yu Zhang, Yun Lin, Rong Fan, Shu-Rong Hu, Meng-Meng Cheng, Mao-Chen Zhang, Li-Wen Hong, Xiao-Lin Zhou, Zheng-Ting Wang, Jie Zhong, Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
Author contributions: Zhong J conceived the study and served as a guarantor of integrity; Zhang TY and Lin Y contributed equally to this study, who designed the study and drafted the article; Fan R analyzed the data; Hu SR, Cheng MM, Zhang MC, Hong LW, Wang ZT and Zhou XL contributed to the data collection and interpretation.
Institutional review board statement: The Ethics Committee of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine approved this study.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was acquired from all the enrolled patients.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that no conflicts of interest exist.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset are available from the corresponding author at jimmyzj64@hotmail.com.
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Correspondence to: Jie Zhong, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No 197 Ruijin Er Lu, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200025, China. jimmyzj64@hotmail.com
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Received: June 15, 2016
Peer-review started: June 16, 2016
First decision: July 12, 2016
Revised: July 18, 2016
Accepted: August 19, 2016
Article in press: August 19, 2016
Published online: November 14, 2016
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