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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2006; 12(21): 3338-3343
Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3338
Published online Jun 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3338
Matrix-derived serum markers in monitoring liver fibrosis in children with chronic hepatitis B treated with interferon alpha
Dariusz Marek Lebensztejn, Maciej Kaczmarski, IIIrd Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Maria Elżbieta Sobaniec-Lotowska, Department of Clinical Pathomorphology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
Michael Voelker, Bayer Research, Krefeld, Germany
Detlef Schuppan, Department of Medicine I, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany, and Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
Supported by the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF) of the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany
Correspondence to: Detlef Schuppan, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, United States. dschuppa@bidmc.harvard.edu
Telephone: +1-617-6678377 Fax: +1-617-6672767
Received: November 2, 2005
Revised: November 28, 2005
Accepted: February 18, 2006
Published online: June 7, 2006
Revised: November 28, 2005
Accepted: February 18, 2006
Published online: June 7, 2006
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