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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2012; 18(28): 3721-3726
Published online Jul 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i28.3721
Assessment of the validity of the clinical pathway for colon endoscopic submucosal dissection
Takaya Aoki, Takeshi Nakajima, Yutaka Saito, Takahisa Matsuda, Taku Sakamoto, Takao Itoi, Yassir Khiyar, Fuminori Moriyasu
Takaya Aoki, Takeshi Nakajima, Yutaka Saito, Takahisa Matsuda, Taku Sakamoto, Yassir Khiyar, Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Takaya Aoki, Takao Itoi, Fuminori Moriyasu, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan
Author contributions: Aoki T, Nakajima T, Saito Y, Matsuda T and Sakamoto T designed the research study; Aoki T, Nakajima T, Saito Y, Matsuda T, Sakamoto T, Itoi T and Moriyasu F contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Aoki T, Nakajima T and Saito Y analyzed the data; Aoki T, Nakajima T, Saito Y and Khiyar Y wrote the paper.
Supported by Grant-in-Aid for Cancer Research, No. 18S-2 from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to Saito Y
Correspondence to: Yutaka Saito, MD, PhD, Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan. ytsaito@ncc.go.jp
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Received: November 22, 2011
Revised: April 12, 2012
Accepted: May 5, 2012
Published online: July 28, 2012
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