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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2010; 16(19): 2407-2410
Published online May 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i19.2407
Alkaline phosphatase predicts relapse in chronic hepatitis C patients with end-of-treatment response
Gerd Bodlaj, Rainer Hubmann, Karim Saleh, Tatjana Stojakovic, Georg Biesenbach, Jörg Berg
Gerd Bodlaj, Rainer Hubmann, Karim Saleh, Georg Biesenbach, Second Department of Medicine, General Hospital Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria
Tatjana Stojakovic, Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Jörg Berg, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, General Hospital Linz, A-4020 Linz, Austria
Author contributions: Bodlaj G analyzed the data, drafted the article and provided intellectual content of critical importance to the work; Hubmann R provided intellectual content of critical importance to the work; Saleh K participated in the collection and analyses of data; Stojakovic T participated in the analyses of data; Biesenbach G provided intellectual content of critical importance to the work; Berg J revised and edited the manuscript and provided intellectual content of critical importance to the work.
Correspondence to: Gerd Bodlaj, MD, Second Department of Medicine, General Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstr. 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria. gerd.bodlaj@akh.linz.at
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Received: January 3, 2010
Revised: February 10, 2010
Accepted: February 17, 2010
Published online: May 21, 2010
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