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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2007; 13(37): 5009-5014
Published online Oct 7, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i37.5009
Published online Oct 7, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i37.5009
Liver angiogenesis as a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma development in hepatitis C virus cirrhotic patients
Roberto Mazzanti, Lorenzo Fedeli, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Sezione di Oncologia Medica, Centro di Eccellenza DENOthe Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Istituto Toscano Tumori, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
Luca Messerini, Camilla E Comin, Dipartimento di Patologia Umana ed Oncologia, Istituto Toscano Tumori, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
Nathalie Gannè-Carrie, Michel Beaugrand, Service d’Hepato-Gastroenterologie, Hopital Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris et UFR SMBH-Universite Paris XIII, Bondy, France
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by Grants from the Italian Ministry of University, Scientific and Technological Research (MIUR, Progetto Nazionale cofinanziato COFIN No. 2002067115), and the University of Florence to R. M.
Correspondence to: Professor Roberto Mazzanti, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Florence School of Medicine, Viale GB Morgagni 85, I-50134 Firenze, Italy. r.mazzanti@dmi.unifi.it
Telephone: +39-55-4296471 Fax: +39-55-4296468
Received: April 4, 2007
Revised: July 16, 2007
Accepted: July 26, 2007
Published online: October 7, 2007
Revised: July 16, 2007
Accepted: July 26, 2007
Published online: October 7, 2007
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