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Copyright ©2008 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2008; 14(13): 2110-2114
Published online Apr 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2110
Figure 1
Figure 1 Immunohistochemical staining for connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in gastric carcinoma (× 400).
Figure 2
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients with a low (–––) or a high (-----) expression of CTGF (A) and for those at stage I+ II + III with a low (–––) or a high (-----) expression of CTGF (B). The survival of patients with a low CTGF expression was significantly longer than those with a high CTGF expression, P = 0.0178 (A) and P = 0.0027 (B), respectively.