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Valerio Giannelli, Vincenza Di Gregorio, Valerio Iebba, Michela Giusto, Serena Schippa, Manuela Merli, Ulrich Thalheimer 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):16795-16810. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.16795
Ludovico Abenavoli, Natasa Milic, Valentina Peta, Francesco Alfieri, Antonino De Lorenzo, Stefano Bellentani 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):16831-16840. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.16831
Alessandro Federico, Claudio Zulli, Ilario de Sio, Anna Del Prete, Marcello Dallio, Mario Masarone, Carmela Loguercio 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):16841-16857. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.16841
Stefano Crosara, Mirko D'Onofrio, Riccardo De Robertis, Emanuele Demozzi, Stefano Canestrini, Giulia Zamboni, Roberto Pozzi Mucelli 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):16881-16890. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.16881
Cristiano Spada, Federico Barbaro, Gianluca Andrisani, Leonardo Minelli Grazioli, Cesare Hassan, Isabella Costamagna, Mariachiara Campanale, Guido Costamagna 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):16948-16955. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.16948
Manish Chand, Muhammed RS Siddiqui, Ashish Gupta, Shahnawaz Rasheed, Paris Tekkis, Amjad Parvaiz, Alex H Mirnezami, Tahseen Qureshi 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):16956-16963. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.16956
Shigeyoshi Kijima, Takahiro Sasaki, Koichi Nagata, Kenichi Utano, Alan T Lefor, Hideharu Sugimoto 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):16964-16975. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.16964
Review
Shan Muhammad, Kavanjit Kaur, Rui Huang, Qian Zhang, Paviter Kaur, Hamza Obaid Yazdani, Muhammad Umar Bilal, Jiang Zheng, Liu Zheng, Xi-Shan Wang 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17011-17019. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17011
Minireviews
Saravana Kumar Jaganathan, Muthu Vignesh Vellayappan, Gayathri Narasimhan, Eko Supriyanto, Dyah Ekashanti Octorina Dewi, Aqilah Leela T Narayanan, Arunpandian Balaji, Aruna Priyadarshini Subramanian, Mustafa Yusof 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17029-17036. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17029
Original Article
Toni Urbanik, Bruno Christian Koehler, Laura Wolpert, Christin Elßner, Anna-Lena Scherr, Thomas Longerich, Nicole Kautz, Stefan Welte, Nadine Hövelmeyer, Dirk Jäger, Ari Waisman, Henning Schulze-Bergkamen 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17049-17064. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17049
Hideaki Takahashi, Ryuta Shigefuku, Yoshihito Yoshida, Hiroki Ikeda, Kotaro Matsunaga, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Chiaki Okuse, Shigeru Sase, Fumio Itoh, Michihiro Suzuki 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17065-17074. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17065
Research Report
Hanaa M El-Karaksy, Lamiaa M Mohsen, Doa’a A Saleh, Mona S Hamdy, Noha A Yassin, Mohamed Farouk, Mohamed E Salit, Mortada H El-Shabrawi 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17075-17083. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17075
Hui-Xia Zheng, Li-Na Wu, Hong Xiao, Qian Du, Jian-Fang Liang 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17092-17099. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17092
Su-Wen Jiang, Li-Peng Yao, Ai-Rong Hu, Yao-Ren Hu, Shi-Xiang Chen, Tao Xiong, Guo-Sheng Gao, Xiao-Yue Liang, Shi-Xiong Ding, Peng-Jian Weng 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17100-17106. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17100
Case Control Study
Retrospective Study
Won Seok Jang, Hyun Phil Shin, Joung Il Lee, Kwang Ro Joo, Jae Myung Cha, Jung Won Jeon, Jun Uk Lim 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17127-17131. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17127
Clinical Trials Study
Yuji Sakai, Toshio Tsuyuguchi, Yoshiaki Kawaguchi, Nobuto Hirata, So Nakaji, Katsuya Kitamura, Shigeru Mikami, Tatsuya Fujimoto, Masashi Ijima, Eishin Kurihara, Shuhei Oana, Takayoshi Nishino, Ryo Tamura, Dai Sakamoto, Masato Nakamura, Takao Nishikawa, Harutoshi Sugiyama, Hitoshi Yoshida, Tetsuya Mine, Osamu Yokosuka 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17148-17154. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17148
Observational Study
Chiara De Cassan, Edoardo Savarino, Piero Marson, Tiziana Tison, Giorgia Hatem, Giacomo Carlo Sturniolo, Renata D’Incà 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17155-17162. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17155
Prospective Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Michele Caselli, Giovanni Zuliani, Francesca Cassol, Nadia Fusetti, Elena Zeni, Natalina Lo Cascio, Cecilia Soavi, Sergio Gullini 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17190-17195. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17190
Systematic Reviews
Stephanie L M Das, James I C Kennedy, Rinki Murphy, Anthony R J Phillips, John A Windsor, Maxim S Petrov 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17196-17205. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17196
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Thibaud Koessler, Vincent Servois, Pascale Mariani, Emilie Aubert, Wulfran Cacheux 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17244-17246. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17244
Hirofumi Terakawa, Isamu Makino, Hisatoshi Nakagawara, Tomoharu Miyashita, Hidehiro Tajima, Hirohisa Kitagawa, Takashi Fujimura, Dai Inoue, Kazuto Kozaka, Toshifumi Gabata, Tetsuo Ohta 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17247-17253. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17247
Miao-Zun Zhang, Xiao-Wu Xu, Yi-Ping Mou, Jia-Fei Yan, Yi-Ping Zhu, Ren-Chao Zhang, Yu-Cheng Zhou, Ke Chen, Wei-Wei Jin, Erik Matro, Harsha Ajoodhea 
World J Gastroenterol 20(45):17260-17264. Published online Dec 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i45.17260