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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2012; 18(26): 3409-3414
Published online Jul 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i26.3409
Importance of early diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary maljunction without biliary dilatation
Kensuke Takuma, Terumi Kamisawa, Taku Tabata, Seiichi Hara, Sawako Kuruma, Yoshihiko Inaba, Masanao Kurata, Goro Honda, Koji Tsuruta, Shin-ichiro Horiguchi, Yoshinori Igarashi
Kensuke Takuma, Terumi Kamisawa, Taku Tabata, Seiichi Hara, Sawako Kuruma, Yoshihiko Inaba, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
Masanao Kurata, Goro Honda, Koji Tsuruta, Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
Shin-ichiro Horiguchi, Departments of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan
Yoshinori Igarashi, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Omori Medical Center, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo 143-8541, Japan
Author contributions: Takuma K and Kamisawa T contributed equally to this work, analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; Tabata T, Hara S, Kuruma S, Inaba Y, Kurata M, Honda G, Tsuruta K, Horiguchi S and Igarashi Y collected the data.
Correspondence to: Terumi Kamisawa, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan. kamisawa@cick.jp
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Received: September 13, 2011
Revised: December 29, 2011
Accepted: January 18, 2012
Published online: July 14, 2012
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