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World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol. Feb 15, 2013; 4(1): 12-17
Published online Feb 15, 2013. doi: 10.4291/wjgp.v4.i1.12
Assessment of platelet activation and phagocytic activity in gastric cancer patients
Joanna Matowicka-Karna, Zbigniew Kamocki, Halina Kemona
Joanna Matowicka-Karna, Halina Kemona, Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland
Zbigniew Kamocki, the Second Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland
Author contributions: Matowicka-Karna J designed and performed the experiments, analysed data and wrote the manuscript; Kamocki Z selected patients and analyzed data; Kemona H has approved the version to be published.
Supported by Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
Correspondence to: Joanna Matowicka-Karna, PhD, Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Bialystok, Waszyngtona 15A, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland. matowic@umb.edu.pl
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Received: July 24, 2012
Revised: October 1, 2012
Accepted: December 6, 2012
Published online: February 15, 2013
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