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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2012; 18(39): 5542-5550
Published online Oct 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i39.5542
Published online Oct 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i39.5542
Dietary copper triggers onset of fulminant hepatitis in the Long-Evans cinnamon rat model
Ramsi Siaj, Vanessa Sauer, Andree Zibert, Hartmut HJ Schmidt, Klinik und Poliklinik für Transplantationsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Sandra Stöppeler, Hans-Ullrich Spiegel, Abteilung Chirurgische Forschung, Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Gabriele Köhler, Gerhard-Domagk-Institut für Pathologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Author contributions: Siaj R, Sauer V and Stöppeler S performed the work; Siaj R drafted the manuscript; Spiegel HU and Köhler G analyzed data; Zibert A and Schmidt HHJ contributed to conception and design, and revised the manuscript.
Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SCHM 964/10-1; Innovative Medizinische Forschung, Münster
Correspondence to: Hartmut HJ Schmidt, MD, Klinik und Poliklinik für Transplantationsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A14, D-48149 Münster, Germany. hepar@ukmuenster.de
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Received: November 11, 2011
Revised: March 2, 2012
Accepted: March 19, 2012
Published online: October 21, 2012
Revised: March 2, 2012
Accepted: March 19, 2012
Published online: October 21, 2012
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