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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2008; 14(42): 6453-6457
Published online Nov 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6453
Role of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics in chemoprevention for colorectal cancer
Constantine Iosif Fotiadis, Christos Nikolaou Stoidis, Basileios Georgiou Spyropoulos, Eleftherios Dimitriou Zografos
Constantine Iosif Fotiadis, Christos Nikolaou Stoidis, Basileios Georgiou Spyropoulos, Eleftherios Dimitriou Zografos, 3rd Surgical Clinic of the university hospital ‘ATTIKON’,  Athens, Greece
Author contributions: Fotiadis CI and Zografos ED contributed equally to this work; Fotiadis CI, Stoidis CN, Spyropoulos BG and Zografos ED designed and performed the research; Zografos ED wrote the paper.
Supported by The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School
Correspondence to: Constantine Iosif Fotiadis, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, 3rd Surgical Clinic of the University hospital ‘ATTIKON’, Rimini 1, 12462, Haidari, Greece. costfot@yahoo.gr
Telephone: +30-21-05326431 Fax: +30-21-05326411
Received: June 25, 2008
Revised: October 1, 2008
Accepted: October 8, 2008
Published online: November 14, 2008
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