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Editorial
Cesare Ruffolo, Alain Fiorot, Giulia Pagura, Michele Antoniutti, Marco Massani, Ezio Caratozzolo, Luca Bonariol, Francesco Calia di Pinto, Nicolò Bassi 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):8799-8807. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.8799
Topic Highlight
Edoardo G Giannini, Alessandro Cucchetti, Virginia Erroi, Francesca Garuti, Federica Odaldi, Franco Trevisani 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):8808-8821. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.8808
Manlio Vinciguerra, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, Claudia Piccoli, Tiziana Tataranni, Angelo Andriulli, Valerio Pazienza 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):8902-8909. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.8902
Review
Minireviews
Uma Debi, Ravinder Kaur, Kaushal Kishor Prasad, Saroj Kant Sinha, Anindita Sinha, Kartar Singh 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9003-9011. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9003
Original Article
Hans Scherübl, Brigitte Streller, Roland Stabenow, Hermann Herbst, Michael Höpfner, Christoph Schwertner, Joachim Steinberg, Jan Eick, Wanda Ring, Krishna Tiwari, Sören M Zappe 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9012-9019. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9012
Daniela Gordillo-Bastidas, Edén Oceguera-Contreras, Adriana Salazar-Montes, Jaime González-Cuevas, Luis Daniel Hernández-Ortega, Juan Armendáriz-Borunda 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9020-9033. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9020
Jian-Jun Li, Long-Jun He, Hong-Bo Shan, Thomas D Wang, Huan Xiong, Li-Ming Chen, Guo-Liang Xu, Xiao-Hai Li, Xin-Xin Huang, Guang-Yu Luo, Yin Li, Rong Zhang 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9034-9042. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9034
Brief Article
Edyta S Zagorowicz, Anna M Pietrzak, Ewa Wronska, Jacek Pachlewski, Piotr Rutkowski, Ewa Kraszewska, Jaroslaw Regula 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9043-9048. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9043
Gupse Adali, Elif Yorulmaz, Seyma Ozkanli, Celal Ulasoglu, Baris Bayraktar, Alev Orhun, Yasar Colak, Ilyas Tuncer 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9049-9056. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9049
Hasan Erdem, Süleyman Çetinkünar, Koray Daş, Enver Reyhan, Cumhur Değer, Mehmet Aziret, Hilmi Bozkurt, Selçuk Uzun, Selim Sözen, Oktay İrkörücü 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9057-9062. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9057
Shigeo Koido, Toshifumi Ohkusa, Hiroaki Saito, Tetsuji Yokoyama, Tomoyoshi Shibuya, Naoto Sakamoto, Kan Uchiyama, Hiroshi Arakawa, Taro Osada, Akihito Nagahara, Sumio Watanabe, Hisao Tajiri 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9063-9068. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9063
Jeong Ill Suh, Jeong Kyu Sakong, Kwan Lee, Yong Kook Lee, Jeong Bae Park, Dong Joon Kim, Yeon Seok Seo, Jae Dong Lee, Soon Young Ko, Byung Seok Lee, Seok Hyun Kim, Byung Seok Kim, Young Seok Kim, Heon Ju Lee, In Hee Kim, Joo Hyun Sohn, Tae Yeob Kim, Byung Min Ahn 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9069-9076. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9069
Way Seah Lee, Hafizah Zainuddin, Christopher CM Boey, Pei Fan Chai 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9077-9083. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9077
Feng Chen, Frederik De Keyzer, Yuan-Bo Feng, Marlein Miranda Cona, Jie Yu, Guy Marchal, Raymond Oyen, Yi-Cheng Ni 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9092-9103. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9092
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Takahiro Urata, Yoshiki Naito, Yoshihiro Izumi, Yoshi Takekuma, Hiroshi Yokomizo, Michiko Nagamine, Seiji Fukuda, Kenji Notohara, Michio Hifumi 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9127-9132. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9127
Takuya Wada, Satoshi Tanabe, Kenji Ishido, Katsuhiko Higuchi, Tohru Sasaki, Chikatoshi Katada, Mizutomo Azuma, Akira Naruke, Myunguchul Kim, Wasaburo Koizumi, Tetsuo Mikami 
World J Gastroenterol 19(47):9133-9136. Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9133
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