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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2010; 16(10): 1293-1295
Published online Mar 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i10.1293
Malignant transformation of ectopic pancreatic cells in the duodenal wall
Roberto Bini, Paolo Voghera, Alberto Tapparo, Raffaele Nunziata, Andrea Demarchi, Matteo Capocefalo, Renzo Leli
Roberto Bini, Paolo Voghera, Alberto Tapparo, Renzo Leli, Department of General and Emergency Surgery, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, 10154 Turin, Italy
Raffaele Nunziata, Andrea Demarchi, Department of Pathology, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, 10154 Turin, Italy
Matteo Capocefalo, Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Bini R and Leli R contributed equally to this work; Bini R, Voghera P, Tapparo A and Leli R designed the research; Nunziata R and Demarchi A performed the research and contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Voghera P, Tapparo A and Capocefalo M analyzed the data; Bini R and Capocefalo M wrote the paper.
Supported by National Health Service
Correspondence to: Dr. Roberto Bini, MD, Department of General and Emergency Surgery, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, 10154 Turin, Italy. re.bini@libero.it
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Received: November 1, 2009
Revised: January 17, 2010
Accepted: January 24, 2010
Published online: March 14, 2010
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