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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2006; 12(19): 3020-3025
Published online May 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i19.3020
Image cytometric DNA analysis of mucosal biopsies in patients with primary achalasia
I Gockel, P Kämmerer, J Brieger, UR Heinrich, WJ Mann, F Bittinger, VF Eckardt, T Junginger
I Gockel, P Kämmerer, T Junginger, Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
J Brieger, UR Heinrich, WJ Mann, Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Department of Otolaryngology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
F Bittinger, Institute of Pathology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
VF Eckardt, Department of Gastroenterology, German Diagnostic Clinic, Wiesbaden
Co-first-authors: I Gockel, P Kämmerer
Correspondence to: Ines Gockel, MD, Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany. gockel@ach.klinik.uni-mainz.de
Telephone: +49-6131-177291 Fax: +49-6131-176630
Received: November 16, 2005
Revised: December 13, 2005
Accepted: December 22, 2005
Published online: May 21, 2006
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