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Multicentric occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Hirokazu Kawai, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
Minoru Nomoto, Takeshi Suda, Kenya Kamimura, Atsunori Tsuchiya, Yasushi Tamura, Masahiko Yano, Masaaki Takamura, Masato Igarashi, Satoshi Yamagiwa, Shogo Ohkoshi, Yutaka Aoyagi, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
Toshifumi Wakai, Isao Kurosaki, Yoshio Shirai, Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
Yasunobu Matsuda, Department of Medical Technology, Niigata University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata 951-8518, Japan
Masahiko Okada, Division of Preventive Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
Author contributions: Kawai H is a physician who drafted the manuscript and revised critically for content; Nomoto M contributed to the pathological analysis; Suda T was a major contributor to writing the manuscript; Kamimura K, Tsuchiya A, Tamura Y, Yano M, Takamura M, Igarashi M, Yamagiwa S, Matsuda Y, Ohkoshi S and Aoyagi Y are physicians who have treated the patients and analyzed the data; Wakai T, Kurosaki I and Shirai Y are surgeons who treated the patients; and Okada M contributed to the analysis of the data.
Correspondence to: Hirokazu Kawai, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan. kawaih@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
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Received: September 3, 2010
Revised: November 11, 2010
Accepted: November 18, 2010
Published online: January 27, 2011
Revised: November 11, 2010
Accepted: November 18, 2010
Published online: January 27, 2011
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