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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2012; 18(47): 6900-6907
Published online Dec 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i47.6900
Esophageal tissue engineering: A new approach for esophageal replacement
Giorgia Totonelli, Panagiotis Maghsoudlou, Jonathan M Fishman, Giuseppe Orlando, Tahera Ansari, Paul Sibbons, Martin A Birchall, Agostino Pierro, Simon Eaton, Paolo De Coppi
Giorgia Totonelli, Panagiotis Maghsoudlou, Jonathan M Fishman, Agostino Pierro, Simon Eaton, Paolo De Coppi, Surgery Unit, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom
Jonathan M Fishman, Martin A Birchall, Ear Institute, University College London, London WC1X 8EE, United Kingdom
Giuseppe Orlando, Paolo De Coppi, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States
Tahera Ansari, Paul Sibbons, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, London HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom
Martin A Birchall, Paolo De Coppi, Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Author contributions: De Coppi P designed the research; Totonelli G, Maghsoudlou P, Fishman JM, Orlando G and Ansari T wrote the initial manuscript; Sibbons P, Birchall MA, Pierro A, Eaton S and De Coppi P contributed to the analysis of the data and the discussion.
Correspondence to: Paolo De Coppi, MD, PhD, Surgery Unit, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom. p.decoppi@ucl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44-20-79052808 Fax: +44-20-74046181
Received: April 18, 2012
Revised: June 14, 2012
Accepted: June 28, 2012
Published online: December 21, 2012
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