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Silvia Riondino, Mario Roselli, Raffaele Palmirotta, David Della-Morte, Patrizia Ferroni, Fiorella Guadagni 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5177-5190. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5177
Giovanni Cammarota, Gianluca Ianiro, Stefano Bibbò, Teresa Antonella Di Rienzo, Luca Masucci, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Antonio Gasbarrini 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5205-5211. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5205
Camila A Figueiredo, Cintia Rodrigues Marques, Ryan dos Santos Costa, Hugo Bernardino F da Silva, Neuza M Alcantara-Neves 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5235-5243. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5235
Yang-Sheng Lin, Ming-Jen Chen, Shou-Chuan Shih, Ming-Joug Bair, Ching-Ju Fang, Horng-Yuan Wang 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5274-5282. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5274
Masato Fujiki, Federico Aucejo, Minsig Choi, Richard Kim 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5308-5319. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5308
Matteo Ravaioli, Giorgio Ercolani, Flavia Neri, Matteo Cescon, Giacomo Stacchini, Massimo Del Gaudio, Alessandro Cucchetti, Antonio Daniele Pinna 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5345-5352. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5345
Umberto Baccarani, Elda Righi, Gian Luigi Adani, Dario Lorenzin, Alberto Pasqualucci, Matteo Bassetti, Andrea Risaliti 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5353-5362. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5353
Alice Tung Wan Song, Vivian Iida Avelino-Silva, Rafael Antonio Arruda Pecora, Vincenzo Pugliese, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque, Edson Abdala 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5363-5374. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5363
Pei-Fei Li, Sheng-Can Chen, Tian Xia, Xiao-Ming Jiang, Yong-Fu Shao, Bing-Xiu Xiao, Jun-Ming Guo 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5411-5419. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5411
Review
Jiro Watari, Nancy Chen, Peter S Amenta, Hirokazu Fukui, Tadayuki Oshima, Toshihiko Tomita, Hiroto Miwa, Kheng-Jim Lim, Kiron M Das 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5461-5473. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5461
Original Article
Shuo-Fei Yang, Bao-Chen Liu, Wei-Wei Ding, Chang-Sheng He, Xing-Jiang Wu, Jie-Shou Li 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5483-5492. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5483
Brief Article
Case Control Study
Qing-Lei Zeng, Guo-Hua Feng, Ji-Yuan Zhang, Yan Chen, Bin Yang, Hui-Huang Huang, Xue-Xiu Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Fu-Sheng Wang 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5519-5526. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5519
Observational Study
Eun Soo Kim, Ho Young Lee, Yoo Jin Lee, Bo Ram Min, Jae Hyuk Choi, Kyung Sik Park, Kwang Bum Cho, Byoung Kuk Jang, Woo Jin Chung, Jae Seok Hwang 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5527-5532. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5527
Yan Zhang, Ya-Lou Zhang, Hong-Ming Chen, Hong-Wei Pu, Wen-Jing Ma, Xiao-Mei Li, Hong Ma, Xiao Chen 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5533-5539. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5533
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Atsushi Tsuruta, Akimasa Kawai, Yasuo Oka, Hideo Okumura, Hideo Matsumoto, Toshihiro Hirai, Masafumi Nakamura 
World J Gastroenterol 20(18):5557-5560. Published online May 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i18.5557