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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2008; 14(34): 5290-5300
Published online Sep 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5290
Published online Sep 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5290
Ileal lesions in patients with ulcerative colitis after ileo-rectal anastomosis: Relationship with colonic metaplasia
Livia Biancone, Emma Calabrese, Carmelina Petruzziello, Sara Onali, Marta Cossignani, Giovanna Condino, Francesco Pallone, Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università di “Tor Vergata”, Roma 00133, Italy
Giampiero Palmieri, Cattedra di Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, Università di “Tor Vergata”, Roma 00133, Italy
Giuseppe Sigismondo Sica, Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Università di “Tor Vergata”, Roma 00133, Italy
Kiron Moy Das, GI Unit, Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Brunswick, New Brunswick NJ 08903, United States
Author contributions: Biancone L designed research, performed endoscopies and wrote the paper; Calabrese E, Petruzziello C, Onali S, Condino G performed the clinical assessment and recruitment of patients; Cossignani M performed research and collected the data; Palmieri G performed immunohistochemistry; Sica GS gave his surgical support; Pallone F contributed to writing the paper; Das KM designed research, provided reagents and contributed to wrote the paper.
Supported by The Fondazione Umberto Di Mario, Largo Marchiafava n. 1, ZIP code 00161, Roma, Italy
Correspondence to: Livia Biancone, MD, PhD, Cattedra di Gastroenterologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università“Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier, 1, Rome 00133, Italy. biancone@med.uniroma2.it
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Received: May 2, 2008
Revised: June 20, 2008
Accepted: June 27, 2008
Published online: September 14, 2008
Revised: June 20, 2008
Accepted: June 27, 2008
Published online: September 14, 2008
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