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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2010; 16(37): 4716-4724
Published online Oct 7, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i37.4716
Loss of chromosome 9p21 and decreased p16 expression correlate with malignant gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Yun Zhang, Hui Cao, Ming Wang, Wen-Yi Zhao, Zhi-Yong Shen, Dan-Ping Shen, Xing-Zhi Ni, Zhi-Yong Wu, Yan-Ying Shen, Yan-Yan Song
Yun Zhang, Hui Cao, Ming Wang, Wen-Yi Zhao, Zhi-Yong Shen, Dan-Ping Shen, Xing-Zhi Ni, Zhi-Yong Wu, Department of General Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China
Yan-Ying Shen, Department of Pathology, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China
Yan-Yan Song, Section of Statistics Teaching and Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
Author contributions: Zhang Y, Cao H and Wu ZY conceived and designed this study; Zhang Y conducted the experiment and wrote the paper; Shen YY conducted experiment; Song YY dealt with statistical analysis; Wang M, Zhao WY and Shen ZY collected the data; Shen DP and Ni XZ analyzed and interpreted the data; all authors approved the final version of the article.
Supported by Key Discipline Project of Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. RJ4101304
Correspondence to: Hui Cao, MD, PhD, Department of General Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China. caohuishcn@hotmail.com
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Received: April 26, 2010
Revised: June 22, 2010
Accepted: June 29, 2010
Published online: October 7, 2010
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