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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2008; 14(24): 3884-3890
Published online Jun 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3884
Increased intestinal macromolecular permeability and urine nitrite excretion associated with liver cirrhosis with ascites
Soong Lee, Seung-Cheol Son, Moon-Jong Han, Woo-Jin Kim, Soo-Hyun Kim, Hye-Ran Kim, Woo-Kyu Jeon, Ki-Hong Park, Myung-Geun Shin
Myung-Geun Shin, Soo-Hyun Kim, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun 519-809, Korea
Soong Lee, Seung-Cheol Son, Moon-Jong Han, Woo-Jin Kim, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seonam University and Seonam University Hospital, Gwangju 502-157, Korea
Hye-Ran Kim, Brain Korea 21 Project, Center for Biomedical Human Resources at Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 501-757, Korea
Woo-Kyu Jeon, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 110-746, Korea
Ki-Hong Park, Korea Polymer Testing & Research Institute Ltd., Seoul 136-120, Korea
Author contributions: Lee S, Son SC, Han MJ, and Kim WJ designed research and analyzed data; Kim SH, Kim HR, Jeon WK, and Park KH performed research; Shin MG contributed to interpretation of the data and critical revision of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Myung-Geun Shin, MD, PhD, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun 519-809, Korea. mgshin@chonnam.ac.kr
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Received: March 24, 2008
Revised: May 19, 2008
Accepted: May 26, 2008
Published online: June 28, 2008
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