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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2008; 14(8): 1222-1230
Published online Feb 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1222
Ameliorative effects of bombesin and neurotensin on trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid-induced colitis, oxidative damage and apoptosis in rats
Alper Akcan, Sebahattin Muhtaroglu, Hulya Akgun, Hizir Akyildiz, Can Kucuk, Erdogan Sozuer, Alper Yurci, Namik Yilmaz
Alper Akcan, Hizir Akyildiz, Can Kucuk, Erdogan Sozuer, Namik Yilmaz, Department of General Surgery, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
Sebahattin Muhtaroglu, Department of Biochemistry, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
Hulya Akgun, Department of Pathology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
Alper Yurci, Department of Gastroenterology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
Author contributions: Akcan A, Akyildiz H, and Sozuer E designed the research; Akcan A, Akgun H, Kucuk C, Yurci A, and Yilmaz N performed the research; Muhtaroglu S performed laboratory analysis; Akgun H performed pathological analysis; Akcan A, Kucuk C and Muhtaroglu S analyzed the data; Akcan A and Akyildiz H wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Alper Akcan, MD, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Kayseri 38039, Turkey. acakcan2002@yahoo.com
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Received: September 5, 2007
Revised: December 9, 2007
Published online: February 28, 2008
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