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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2011; 17(10): 1267-1275
Published online Mar 14, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i10.1267
Portal vein thrombosis and arterioportal shunts: Effects on tumor response after chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma
Thomas J Vogl, Nour-Eldin Nour-Eldin, Sally Emad-Eldin, Nagy NN Naguib, Joerg Trojan, Hans Ackermann, Omar Abdelaziz
Thomas J Vogl, Nour-Eldin Nour-Eldin, Nagy NN Naguib, Joerg Trojan, Hans Ackermann, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Johan Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Sally Emad-Eldin, Omar Abdelaziz, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Department, Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Author contributions: Vogl TJ, Nour-Eldin NE and Abdelaziz O contributed equally to this work; Vogl TJ, Nour-Eldin NE and Abdelaziz O designed research; Vogl TJ, Nour-Eldin NE and Abdelaziz O performed research; Emad-Eldin S, Naguib NNN, Trojan J contributed new analytic tools; Vogl TJ, Nour-Eldin NE, Abdelaziz O, Emad-Eldin S, Naguib NNN, Trojan J and Ackermann H analyzed data; and Vogl TJ, Nour-Eldin NE and Abdelaziz O wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. Nour-Eldin Nour-Eldin, MD, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Johan Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Theodor-Stern-Kai Street 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. nour410@hotmail.com
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Received: September 14, 2010
Revised: November 11, 2010
Accepted: November 18, 2010
Published online: March 14, 2011
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