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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2007; 13(3): 383-390
Published online Jan 21, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i3.383
A specific gene-expression signature quantifies the degree of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease
Tohru Utsunomiya, Masahiro Okamoto, Shigeki Wakiyama, Masaji Hashimoto, Kengo Fukuzawa, Takahiro Ezaki, Shinichi Aishima, Yasuji Yoshikawa, Taizo Hanai, Hiroshi Inoue, Graham F Barnard, Masaki Mori
Tohru Utsunomiya, Masahiro Okamoto, Hiroshi Inoue, Masaki Mori, Department of Molecular and Surgical Oncology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Beppu, Japan
Yasuji Yoshikawa, Department of Pathology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Beppu, Japan
Shigeki Wakiyama, Department of Surgery, Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Japan
Masaji Hashimoto, Department of Digestive Surgery, Toranomon Hospital and Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Tokyo, Japan
Kengo Fukuzawa, Department of Surgery, Oita Red Cross Hospital, Oita, Japan
Takahiro Ezaki, Department of Surgery, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
Shinichi Aishima, Department of Anatomic pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Taizo Hanai, Laboratory for Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Graham F Barnard, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dr. Masaki Mori, Department of Molecular and Surgical Oncology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Tsurumihara 4546, Beppu 874-0838, Japan. mmori@tsurumi.beppu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Received: August 5, 2006
Revised: August 30, 2006
Accepted: September 22, 2006
Published online: January 21, 2007
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