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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2009; 15(44): 5558-5562
Published online Nov 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5558
Published online Nov 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5558
Analysis of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 gene polymorphism in patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Erwin Gäbele, Marcus Mühlbauer, Hartwig Paulo, Christin Meltzer, Franz Leidl, Reiner Wiest, Jürgen Schölmerich, Claus Hellerbrand, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
Monika Johann, Norbert Wodarz, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
Author contributions: Gäbele E and Mühlbauer M contributed equally to this study; Hellerbrand C designed the study; Gäbele E collected the data; Mühlbauer M, Paulo H, Johann M, Meltzer C, Leidl F, Wodarz N, Gäbele E, Hellerbrand C, Wiest R and Schölmerich J analyzed and interpreted the data; Gäbele E and Hellerbrand C drafted the article and all other authors revised it critically for important intellectual content; all authors approved the final version.
Correspondence to: Claus Hellerbrand, MD, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany. claus.hellerbrand@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
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Received: April 27, 2009
Revised: August 18, 2009
Accepted: August 25, 2009
Published online: November 28, 2009
Revised: August 18, 2009
Accepted: August 25, 2009
Published online: November 28, 2009
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