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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2012; 18(32): 4447-4449
Published online Aug 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i32.4447
In vivo detection of mucosal healing-involved histiocytes by confocal laser endomicroscopy
Gheorghe Hundorfean, Abbas Agaimy, Mircea T Chiriac, Walter Geißdörfer, Jochen Wacker, Markus F Neurath, Jonas Mudter
Gheorghe Hundorfean, Mircea T Chiriac, Markus F Neurath, Jonas Mudter, Medical ClinicI, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Abbas Agaimy, Institute of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Walter Geißdörfer, Microbiology Institute-Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Jochen Wacker, Medical Clinic III, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
Author contributions: Hundorfean G and Agaimy A made equal contribution; Hundorfean G contributes to publication idea, patient selection, endomicroscopy, collection and interpretation of data, manuscript writing, final revision of the article; Agaimy A contributes to histopathology stains, collection and interpretation of data, manuscript writing, final revision of the article; Chiriac MT contributes to collection and interpretation of data, manuscript writing, final revision of the article; Geißdörfer W contributes to polymerase chain reaction-analysis, collection and interpretation of data, manuscript writing, final revision of the article; Wacker J contributes to patient selection, collection and interpretation of data, manuscript writing, final revision of the article; Neurath MF and Mudter J contributes to patient selection, endomicroscopy, collection and interpretation of data, manuscript writing, final revision of the article.
Correspondence to: Gheorghe Hundorfean, MD, Medical ClinicI, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany. gheorghe.hundorfean@uk-erlangen.de
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Received: May 23, 2012
Revised: June 30, 2012
Accepted: August 15, 2012
Published online: August 28, 2012
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