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Giuseppe Aprile, Stefania Eufemia Lutrino, Laura Ferrari, Mariaelena Casagrande, Marta Bonotto, Elena Ongaro, Fabio Puglisi 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8474-8488. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8474
Shigeo Koido, Toshifumi Ohkusa, Sadamu Homma, Yoshihisa Namiki, Kazuki Takakura, Keisuke Saito, Zensho Ito, Hiroko Kobayashi, Mikio Kajihara, Kan Uchiyama, Seiji Arihiro, Hiroshi Arakawa, Masato Okamoto, Jianlin Gong, Hisao Tajiri 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8531-8542. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8531
Review
Minireviews
Xue-Shuai Wan, Yi-Yao Xu, Jun-Yan Qian, Xiao-Bo Yang, An-Qiang Wang, Lian He, Hai-Tao Zhao, Xin-Ting Sang 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8595-8604. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8595
Original Article
Chun-Qiu Chen, Xiao-Jiang Wu, Zhen Yu, Zhao-De Bu, Ke-Qiang Zuo, Zi-Yu Li, Jia-Fu Ji 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8611-8618. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8611
Brief Article
Peter L Moses, Khalid M AlNaamani, Alan N Barkun, Stuart R Gordon, Roger D Mitty, M Stanley Branch, Thomas E Kowalski, Myriam Martel, Viviane Adam 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8638-8646. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8638
Martina Galatola, Erasmo Miele, Caterina Strisciuglio, Lorella Paparo, Daniela Rega, Paolo Delrio, Francesca Duraturo, Massimo Martinelli, Giovanni Battista Rossi, Annamaria Staiano, Paola Izzo, Marina De Rosa 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8659-8670. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8659
Maria Notarnicola, Maria Gabriella Caruso, Angela Tafaro, Valeria Tutino, Giusy Bianco, Mario Minoia, Antonio Francavilla 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8671-8677. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8671
Simona Grozinsky-Glasberg, Dimitrios Thomas, Jonathan R Strosberg, Ulrich-Frank Pape, Stephan Felder, Apostolos V Tsolakis, Krystallenia I Alexandraki, Merav Fraenkel, Leonard Saiegh, Petachia Reissman, Gregory Kaltsas, David J Gross 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8687-8695. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8687
Shuhei Komatsu, Daisuke Ichikawa, Kingo Kashimoto, Takeshi Kubota, Kazuma Okamoto, Hirotaka Konishi, Atsushi Shiozaki, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Eigo Otsuji 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8696-8702. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8696
Yong Hwan Kwon, Seong Woo Jeon, Gwang Ha Kim, Jin Il Kim, Il-Kwun Chung, Sam Ryong Jee, Heung Up Kim, Geom Seog Seo, Gwang Ho Baik, Kee Don Choi, Jeong Seop Moon 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8703-8708. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8703
Zhi-Xue Zheng, Yu Sun, Zhao-De Bu, Lian-Hai Zhang, Zi-Yu Li, Ai-Wen Wu, Xiao-Jiang Wu, Xiao-Hong Wang, Xiao-Jing Cheng, Xiao-Fang Xing, Hong Du, Jia-Fu Ji 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8714-8721. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8714
Jun-Jie Xiong, Quentin M Nunes, Wei Huang, Samir Pathak, Ai-Lin Wei, Chun-Lu Tan, Xu-Bao Liu 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8731-8739. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8731
Jun-Jun Sun, Zhi-Jie Chu, Wei-Feng Liu, Shi-Fang Qi, Yan-Hui Yang, Peng-Lei Ge, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Wen-Sheng Li, Cheng Yang, Yu-Ming Zhang 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8752-8757. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8752
Yang Zhao, Jing-Wen Wang, Tsutomu Tanaka, Akihiro Hosono, Ryosuke Ando, Shinkan Tokudome, Soeripto, FX Ediati Triningsih, Tegu Triono, Suwignyo Sumoharjo, EY Wenny Astuti Achwan, Stephanus Gunawan, Yu-Min Li 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8758-8763. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8758
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Daniel Oliveira Beraldo, Joanderson Fernandes Melo, Alexandre Vidal Bonfim, Andrei Alkmim Teixeira, Ricardo Alkmim Teixeira, André Loyola Duarte 
World J Gastroenterol 19(46):8789-8792. Published online Dec 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i46.8789