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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 21, 2007; 13(11): 1687-1695
Published online Mar 21, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i11.1687
Aquaporin-8 expression is reduced in ileum and induced in colon of patients with ulcerative colitis
Alexandra Zahn, Christoph Moehle, Thomas Langmann, Robert Ehehalt, Frank Autschbach, Wolfgang Stremmel, Gerd Schmitz
Alexandra Zahn, Robert Ehehalt, Wolfgang Stremmel, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
Christoph Moehle, Thomas Langmann, Gerd Schmitz, Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 93042, Germany
Frank Autschbach, Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by a grant from the Dietmar Hopp Foundation
Correspondence to: Alexandra Zahn, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. alexandra.zahn@med.uni-heidelberg.de
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Received: February 4, 2007
Revised: February 23, 2006
Accepted: March 14, 2007
Published online: March 21, 2007
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