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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2008; 14(26): 4245-4248
Published online Jul 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4245
Successful laparoscopic splenectomy after living-donor liver transplantation for thrombocytopenia caused by antiviral therapy
Hiroyuki Kato, Masanobu Usui, Yoshinori Azumi, Ichiro Ohsawa, Masashi Kishiwada, Hiroyuki Sakurai, Masami Tabata, Shuji Isaji
Hiroyuki Kato, Masanobu Usui, Yoshinori Azumi, Ichiro Ohsawa, Masashi Kishiwada, Hiroyuki Sakurai, Masami Tabata, and Shuji Isaji, Department of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
Author contributions: Tabata M and Usui M were involved in performing the surgery; Kato H, Usui M and Isaji S wrote the paper; Isaji S supervised preparation of the manuscript and edited the final version for publication; All authors read and approved the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Hiroyuki Kato, Department of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan. kato0719@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
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Received: April 7, 2008
Revised: May 20, 2008
Accepted: May 27, 2008
Published online: July 14, 2008
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