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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2006; 12(36): 5884-5889
Published online Sep 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5884
ECA39 is a novel distant metastasis-related biomarker in colorectal cancer
Reigetsu Yoshikawa, Hidenori Yanagi, Chun-Shen Shen, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Masafumi Noda, Toshihiko Yagyu, Makoto Gega, Tsutomu Oshima, Takehira Yamamura, Haruki Okamura, Yoshiro Nakano, Tomonori Morinaga, Tomoko Hashimoto-Tamaoki
Reigetsu Yoshikawa, Hidenori Yanagi, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Masafumi Noda, Toshihiko Yagyu, Makoto Gega, Tsutomu Oshima, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Takehira Yamamura, Second Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
Reigetsu Yoshikawa, Haruki Okamura, Tomoko Hashimoto-Tamaoki, Institute for Advanced Medical Sciences, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
Chun-Shen Shen, Department of Dermatology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
Yoshiro Nakano, Tomonori Morinaga, Tomoko Hashimoto-Tamaoki, Department of Genetics, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, grant No. 16591374, and by Grant-in-Aid for Researchers, Hyogo College of Medicine
Correspondence to: Reigetsu Yoshikawa, MD, PhD, Second Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan. yosikr2s@hyo-med.ac.jp
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Received: June 7, 2006
Revised: August 10, 2006
Accepted: August 17, 2006
Published online: September 28, 2006
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