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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2013; 19(2): 258-264
Published online Jan 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i2.258
Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is not associated with proton pump inhibitors: A retrospective cohort study
Kyoung Sup Hong, Seung Joo Kang, Jong Kyoung Choi, Ju Han Kim, Heewon Seo, Suehyun Lee, Jae-Woo Jung, Hye-Ryun Kang, Sang-Heon Cho, Joo Sung Kim
Kyoung Sup Hong, Jae-Woo Jung, Hye-Ryun Kang, Sang-Heon Cho, Department of Internal Medicine, Drug Safety Monitoring Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110799, South Korea
Seung Joo Kang, Jong Kyoung Choi, Joo Sung Kim, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110799, South Korea
Ju Han Kim, Heewon Seo, Suehyun Lee, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Systems Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110799, South Korea
Author contributions: Hong KS and Kim JS designed the study and wrote the manuscript; Jung JW, Kang HR, and Cho SH contributed to the conception and design; Kang SJ contributed to the data analysis and interpretation; Kim JH contributed to the conception and data acquisition; and Choi JK, Seo H, and Lee S contributed to the data acquisition.
Supported by Basic Science Research Program through a National Research Foundation of Korea Grant Funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, No. 2011-0018257; Systems Biomedical Informatics National Core Research Center
Correspondence to: Dr. Joo Sung Kim, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110799, South Korea. jooskim@snu.ac.kr
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Received: June 29, 2012
Revised: September 28, 2012
Accepted: October 22, 2012
Published online: January 14, 2013
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