Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2012; 18(26): 3379-3388
Published online Jul 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i26.3379
Acute pancreatitis in aging animals: Loss of pancreatitis-associated protein protection?
Sophia Fu, Albert Stanek, Cathy M Mueller, Nefertti A Brown, Chongmin Huan, Martin H Bluth, Michael E Zenilman
Sophia Fu, Albert Stanek, Cathy M Mueller, Nefertti A Brown, Chongmin Huan, Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, NY 11203, United States
Martin H Bluth, Department of Pathology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, United States
Michael E Zenilman, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and SUNY Downstate School of Public Health, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States
Author contributions: Fu S and Stanek A contributed equally; Huan C, Bluth MH and Zenilman ME designed research; Fu S, Stanek A, Mueller CM and Brown NA performed research; Fu S, Stanek A and Zenilman ME analyzed data; Fu S and Zenilman ME wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Michael E Zenilman, MD, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and SUNY Downstate School of Public Health, 8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States. mzenilm1@jhmi.edu
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Received: May 2, 2011
Revised: July 28, 2011
Accepted: May 12, 2012
Published online: July 14, 2012
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