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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2011; 17(36): 4104-4108
Published online Sep 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i36.4104
Helicobacter species and gut bacterial DNA in Meckel’s diverticulum and the appendix
Peren H Karagin, Unne Stenram, Torkel Wadström, Åsa Ljungh
Peren H Karagin, Torkel Wadström, Åsa Ljungh, Department of Medical Microbiology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden
Unne Stenram, Department of Pathology, Lund University, SE-22185 Lund, Sweden
Author contributions: Karagin PH did the all molecular analyses and wrote most of the manuscript; Stenram U did the pathological analyses and wrote part of the manuscript; Stenram U, Ljungh Å, and Wadström T designed the project and helped in writing the manuscript.
Supported by A grant from the University Hospital of Lund (ALF) to Torkel Wadström and a grant from the John Forssman’s foundation, the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund to Peren Karagin
Correspondence to: Peren H Karagin, PhD, Department of Medical Microbiology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 23, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden. perenbaglan@yahoo.com
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Received: February 1, 2011
Revised: March 4, 2011
Accepted: March 11, 2011
Published online: September 28, 2011
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