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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Apr 16, 2011; 3(4): 71-77
Published online Apr 16, 2011. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v3.i4.71
Published online Apr 16, 2011. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v3.i4.71
Assessment of gastroesophageal reflux disease by serodiagnosis of Helicobacter pylori-related chronic gastritis stage
Shotaro Enomoto, Masashi Oka, Chizu Mukoubayashi, Mika Watanabe, Kosaku Moribata, Yosuke Muraki, Naoki Shingaki, Hisanobu Deguchi, Kazuki Ueda, Izumi Inoue, Takao Maekita, Mikitaka Iguchi, Kimihiko Yanaoka, Hideyuki Tamai, Masao Ichinose, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
Hiroshi Ohata, Osamu Mohara, Wakayama Wellness Foundation, Wakayama 640-8404, Japan
Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Department of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
Author contributions: Enomoto S carried out the data analyses and drafted the manuscript. Ohata H, Mukoubayashi C, Watanabe M, Deguchi H and Yanaoka K carried out endoscopic examinations of the study subjects. Moribata K, Muraki Y, Shingaki N, Ueda K, Inoue I, Maekita T, Iguchi M, Tamai H, Fujishiro M and Mohara O contributed to critical review of the article. Oka M and Ichinose M contributed to the conception and design of the study and also made a substantial contribution to data acquisition. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to: Shotaro Enomoto, MD, PhD, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama-city, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan. shoe@orion.ocn.ne.jp
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Received: December 14, 2010
Revised: February 23, 2011
Accepted: March 2, 2011
Published online: April 16, 2011
Revised: February 23, 2011
Accepted: March 2, 2011
Published online: April 16, 2011
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